Asterisk in Python

[sarmin kho]

Hi Pythoners...

I am definitely confused with the use of asterisk (*) sign in python...
I quoted the following code from 'python cookbook' text book page 223 about 'running functions in the future'...

it says:
def __init__(self,func, *param):
bla bla bla...

then it says:
self.__result = func(*param):

it also says:
def Wrapper(self, func, param):
bla bla bla...

my question is : what is the asterisk (*) sign for and what is the different between 'param' and ' *param ' ??

many thanks Pythoners...

regards...
sarmin

 

[Peter Otten]

my question is : what is the asterisk (*) sign for and what is the
different between 'param' and ' *param ' ??

Please be patient, and do not repost the same question.

While you are waiting for a detailed answer, you might read the tutorial:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node6.html

Peter