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\documentclass[14pt,compress,aspectratio=169]{beamer}

\input{macros.tex}

\title[*args, **kw]{Advanced Python}
\subtitle{Arbitrary arguments for functions}

\author[FOSSEE] {The FOSSEE Group}

\institute[IIT Bombay] {Department of Aerospace Engineering\\IIT Bombay}
\date[] {Mumbai, India}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Overview}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Advanced unpacking
  \item Variable arguments
  \item Arbitrary keyword arguments
  \item Unpacking arguments
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Advanced unpacking}
  \vspace*{-0.1in}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: a, b = 1, 2  # We know this!
\end{lstlisting}
  \pause
  \begin{itemize}
  \item In Python 3.x we can also do
  \end{itemize}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: first, *rest = range(5)

In []: first
Out[]: 0

In []: first, *middle, last = range(5)

In []: middle
Out[]: [1, 2, 3]
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Advanced unpacking ...}
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Also works for files
  \end{itemize}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: f = open('file.txt')

In []: first, *ign, last = f.readlines()

In []: f.close()
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Arbitrary positional arguments}
  \vspace*{-0.1in}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Arbitrary positional arguments: \lstinline{*arg}
  \end{itemize}

\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a, b, *args):
  ...:     print(a, b, args)
\end{lstlisting}
\pause
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: func(1, 2)
1 2 ()

In []: func(1, 2, 'a')
1 2 ('a',)

In []: func(1, 2, 3, 'a')
1 2 (3, 'a')
\end{lstlisting}

\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Arbitrary positional arguments}

  Nothing special about \lstinline{args}:

\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a, b, *rest):
  ...:     print(a, b, rest)

\end{lstlisting}
Also is perfectly valid
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Arbitrary keyword arguments}
  \vspace*{-0.1in}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Keyword arguments using \lstinline{**kw}
  \end{itemize}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a, b='b', **kw):
  ...:    print(a, b, kw)
\end{lstlisting}
  \pause
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: func(1)
1 b {}

In []: func(1, 2)
1 2 {}

In []: func(1, b=2)
1 2 {}
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Arbitrary keyword arguments}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a, b='b', **k):
  ...:    print(a, b, k)

In []: func(1, c=3)
1 b {'c': 3}

In []: func(1, c=3, d=4)
1 b {'c': 3, 'd': 4}
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}


\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Argument unpacking}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a, b):
  ...:    print(a, b)

In []: func(*[5, 10])
5 10

In []: func(*(5, 10))
5 10
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Argument unpacking ...}
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: def func(a=1, b=2):
  ...:     print(a, b)

In []: func(**{'a':5, 'b':10})
5 10

In []: func(**dict(a=5, b=10))
5 10
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[fragile]
  \frametitle{Summary}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Advanced unpacking
  \item Arbitrary positional arguments with \lstinline{*args}
  \item Arbitrary keyword arguments with \lstinline{**kw}
  \item Argument unpacking
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\end{document}