If you have ever felt confused when you came across code that contains *args and **kwargs as function parameters, you’re not alone. This syntax is used specify that a function can be called with any number of arguments and It can be very confusing at first. In this article, I explain what *args and **kwargs mean and how they can be used in function calls.
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