The assignments hiding in your functions PREMIUM

Topic Series: Functions

Trey Hunner

3 minute read • Works on Python 3.7—3.10

Watch as video

03:25

When you're defining a function in Python, be careful about mutating arguments that are passed into your function.

Mutating an object that's passed into your function

We have a function...

Premium Screencast

This is a premium screencast available only to active Python Morsels subscribers or users with a redemption code that provides screencast access.

Feel free to watch some of the free screencasts in the Functions topic series.

↑

Write more Pythonic code

Need to fill-in gaps in your Python skills? I send regular emails designed to do just that.

Watch as video

03:25

Next Up 01:49

Unpacking iterables into function arguments

In Python, you can unpack the items in an iterable into separate positional arguments in a function (sometimes called "variadic arguments"). This works even if you don't know how long the iterable is.