what are args and kwargs in python

1>>> def argsKwargs(*args, **kwargs):
2...     print(args)
3...     print(kwargs)
4... 
5>>> argsKwargs('1', 1, 'slgotting.com', upvote='yes', is_true=True, test=1, sufficient_example=True)
6('1', 1, 'slgotting.com')
7{'upvote': 'yes', 'is_true': True, 'test': 1, 'sufficient_example': True}

1def multiply(*args):
2    z = 1
3    for num in args:
4        z *= num
5    print(z)
6
7multiply(4, 5)
8multiply(10, 9)
9multiply(2, 3, 4)
10multiply(3, 5, 10, 6)

1def myFun(*args,**kwargs): 
2    print("args: ", args) 
3    print("kwargs: ", kwargs) 
4    
5myFun('my','name','is Maheep',firstname="Maheep",lastname="Chaudhary")
6
7# *args - take the any number of argument as values from the user 
8# **kwargs - take any number of arguments as key as keywords with 
9# value associated with them

1# normal parameters with *args
2
3def mul(a,b,*args): # a,b are normal paremeters
4    multiply = 1
5    for i in args:
6        multiply *= i
7        
8    return multiply
9
10print(mul(3,5,6,7,8))   # 3 and 5 are being passed as a argument but 6,7,8 are args 

1# if args is not passed it return message
2# "Hey you didn't pass the arguements"
3
4def ech(nums,*args):
5    if args:
6        return [i ** nums for i in args]  # list comprehension
7    else:
8        return "Hey you didn't pass args"
9    
10print(ech(3,4,3,2,1))

1# Python program to illustrate   
2# **kwargs for variable number of keyword arguments 
3  
4def info(**kwargs):  
5    for key, value in kwargs.items(): 
6        print ("%s == %s" %(key, value)) 
7  
8# Driver code 
9info(first ='This', mid ='is', last='Me')