So in java you can do something like this if you don't know how many parameters you are going to get
private void testMethod(String... testStringArray){
}
How can I do something like this in python
as I can't do something like this right?
def testMethod(...listA):
Are you talking about variable length argument lists? If so, take a look at *args, **kwargs.
See this Basic Guide and How to use *args and **kwargs in Python
Two short examples from [1]:
Using *args:
def test_var_args(farg, *args):
print "formal arg:", farg
for arg in args:
print "another arg:", arg
test_var_args(1, "two", 3)
Results:
formal arg: 1
another arg: two
another arg: 3
and using **kwargs (keyword arguments):
def test_var_kwargs(farg, **kwargs):
print "formal arg:", farg
for key in kwargs:
print "another keyword arg: %s: %s" % (key, kwargs[key])
test_var_kwargs(farg=1, myarg2="two", myarg3=3)
Results:
formal arg: 1
another keyword arg: myarg2: two
another keyword arg: myarg3: 3
Quoting from this SO question What do *args and **kwargs mean?:
Putting *args and/or **kwargs as the last items in your function definition’s argument list allows that function to accept an arbitrary number of anonymous and/or keyword arguments.
Sounds like you want:
def func(*args):
# args is a list of all arguments
This like a lot of other such information is covered in the Python tutorial, which you should read.
