Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code?

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Date	2016-01-05 05:04 -0800
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Subject	Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code?
From	Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com>

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On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 10:28:31 PM UTC-5, Ben Finney wrote:
> Robert <.com> writes:
> 
> > On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 9:26:47 PM UTC-5, Ben Finney wrote:
> > > Can you show example code that you would expect, and specifically what about
> > > the actual code doesn't match what you expect?
> >
> > Excuse me for the incomplete info previously. 
> > If I call it with 
> > a = f(3) 
> > the result is 12.
> 
> Can you show a *very* simple example of the 'f' you're talking about?
> Contrive a new one, make it behave the same way while keeping it very
> short, and once you have that, put that code in your message.
> 
> With an actual function to examine it will be much easier to know where
> the confusion lies.
> 
> -- 
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> Ben Finney

Excuse me, Ben. I forgot to add the f function. It is as below:
@logged
def f(x):
   """does some math"""
   return x + x * x
   
a = f(3)      
 
My problem has been solved after all of your helpful posts. Thanks.

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Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 18:16 -0800
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-01-05 13:26 +1100
    Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 18:34 -0800
      Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-01-05 14:28 +1100
        Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:04 -0800
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.edu> - 2016-01-04 22:29 -0500
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-01-05 12:51 +0100

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