Pass string as tuple as arguments python

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 · 2017-03-19T12:50:50.047

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You can split your string to list of things:

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

edited Mar 19 '17 at 12:50

answered Mar 18 '17 at 20:44

Yuval Pruss

Can you pass a list for arguments? I thought that you could only pass a tuple. – gusg21 Mar 18 '17 at 21:45
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Just tested in my interpreter - you can. Thanks! – gusg21 Mar 18 '17 at 21:48
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Of course. @DennysBlake for more information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3961007/passing-an-array-list-into-python – Yuval Pruss Mar 18 '17 at 21:49
Just a note : your answer was wrong at first and you modified it after I wrote mine. I'll have better luck next time! – Eric Duminil Mar 18 '17 at 23:03
@DennysBlake Fixed. – Yuval Pruss Mar 19 '17 at 12:46
They should also be your in the code, and it should be a "list of strings". Sorry that I'm making you do this, I can't edit your post. – gusg21 Mar 19 '17 at 12:48
@DennysBlake no problem. – Yuval Pruss Mar 19 '17 at 12:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 20:44

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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 '17 at 20:44

Eric Duminil

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