What Asterisk (*) Can Do In Python

You must have seen the asterisk or star symbol inside the parameterized function or used it to perform mathematical or other high-level operations.

We'll look at the different ways the asterisk(*) is used in Python in this article.

Asterisks(*) are used in the following situations:

• Exponentiation and multiplication




• Unpacking/Packing




• Repetition




• Formatting Strings




• Tuple and Set Unpacking

Let's begin by breaking down the use of asterisks in the above cases one by one.

Multiplication

Python has arithmetic operators, one of which …

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