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 arguments and/or keyword arguments.

The names *args and **kwargs are only by convention but there's no hard requirement to use them. You would use *args when you're not sure how many arguments might be passed to …

You should use *args when it's easier to read than a list of argument (def foo(a,b,c,d,e...)) and does not make harder to know which argument is used for what. Your example is the perfect …

Feb 12, 2017 · What is the meaning of "...args" (three dots) in a function definition? Asked 8 years, 9 months ago Modified 3 years ago Viewed 120k times

May 21, 2009 · The String[] args parameter is an array of Strings passed as parameters when you are running your application through command line in the OS. So, imagine you have compiled …

Aug 31, 2008 · See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a function call? for the complementary question about arguments.

Update: I just realized I never answered the question "What does “String [] args” contain in java?" :-) It's an array of the command-line arguments provided to the program, each argument being …

0 String args [] and String [] args are identical. In the sense that they do the same thing, Creating a string array called args. But to avoid confusion and enforce compatibility with all other Java …

Apr 8, 2015 · Is there a difference between String[] args and String[] arg? My assignment is to misspell certain things in a HelloWorld program. When I misspelled args as arg in: public class …

main(String[] args) by design is entry point of Java application. This method is also used to handle potential parameters passed in console like java YourClass foo bar (foo and bar will end up in …