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How to utilize unpacking by passing a slice as an argument?

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answered 2023-06-18 15:32:01 +0000

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You can utilize unpacking by passing a slice as an argument in Python by using the * operator before the slice variable. For example:

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

# Unpacking the first two elements of my_list
a, b = my_list[:2]
print(a, b)  # Output: 1 2

# Unpacking the last three elements of my_list
c, d, e = my_list[-3:]
print(c, d, e)  # Output: 3 4 5

# Passing a slice as an argument using unpacking
def my_function(x, y, z):
    print(x, y, z)

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
my_function(*my_list[2:5])  # Output: 3 4 5

In this example, we use slicing to select a subset of elements from my_list, and then use unpacking to assign those elements to separate variables. We can also pass the sliced subset of elements to a function using unpacking.

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