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bruceg113355@gmail.com wrote:
> Is there a way in Python to pass arguments without listing each argument?
> For example, my program does the following:
>
>     testData (z[0], z[1], z[2], z[3], z[4], z[5], z[6], z[7])
>
> Is there a clever way to pass arguments in a single statement knowing that each argument is a sequential index from a list?
> I cannot change the function definition.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
>   
testData(*z)

or better (imo)

testData(z) and make testData handle a list (8 parameters, that's a lot 
of parameters).

JM