Pass string as tuple as arguments python [duplicate]

Question

If I have a string like:

"spam, foo, moo"

How would I pass that to a function so it would turn into:

myFunction("spam", "moo", "foo")

Yuval Pruss · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-19 12:50:50Z

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You can split your string to list of things:

your_string = "spam, foo, moo"
your_function(*your_string.split(', '))

answered Mar 18, 2017 at 20:44

Yuval Pruss

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Can you pass a list for arguments? I thought that you could only pass a tuple.

Just tested in my interpreter - you can. Thanks!

Of course. @DennysBlake for more information: stackoverflow.com/questions/3961007/…

Just a note : your answer was wrong at first and you modified it after I wrote mine. I'll have better luck next time!

@DennysBlake Fixed.

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Eric Duminil · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-18 20:44:29Z

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You can split your string and unpack the elements, in order to get 3 arguments.

With just split, you'd get one argument, a list of 3 strings.

myFunction(*"spam, foo, moo".split(', '))

answered Mar 18, 2017 at 20:44

Eric Duminil

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