2007/4/26, Stevie Broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have a list... say for example
>
> list = ["hello", "there"]
>
> and i have a function
>
> def printout(firstword, secondword):
> print firstword
> print secondword
>
> and i want to call
>
> the function like this
>
> printout(list)
>
> but that doesnt work because it takes the list as an argument.
>
> How can I get around this problem?
I see two simple ways, maybe there are more:
1. simply use
printout(list[0],list[1])
2. Change the definition of printout to:
def printout(firstword, secondword = None):
if secondword is None:
(firstword,secondword) = firstword
print firstword
print secondword
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Andre Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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