How to pass keyword argument as a key to other function in python?

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Code:

def edit_properties(self, device, ssc_command="hexa", value="test")
    result = self.edit_devices.edit_device_property(device, ssc_command=value)

I want to pass "ssc_command" as a key to self.edit_devices.edit_device_property(device, ssc_command=value) and value as a value.

Can you give an example of how `edit_properties` might be called, and what you would expect from that call? — Scott Hunter, Aug 02 '18 at 15:34
Possible duplicate of [Most pythonic way of assigning keyword arguments using a variable as keyword?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6976658/most-pythonic-way-of-assigning-keyword-arguments-using-a-variable-as-keyword) — Thierry Lathuille, Aug 02 '18 at 15:41
@ScottHunter I got it ...It's not possible to pass as i asked. — sai, Aug 02 '18 at 15:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '18 at 15:39

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Dictionary/kwargs expansion. First, you make a dict with ssc_command as the key and value as the value, and then you use ** to expand it into a set of keyword arguments:

result = self.edit_device.edit_device_property(device, **{ssc_command:value})

answered Aug 02 '18 at 15:39

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How to pass keyword argument as a key to other function in python?

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