#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- def hello(greeting, *args): if (len(args)==0): print('%s!' % greeting) else: print('%s, %s!' % (greeting, ', '.join(args))) hello('Hi') # => greeting='Hi', args=() hello('Hi', 'Sarah') # => greeting='Hi', args=('Sarah') hello('Hello', 'Michael', 'Bob', 'Adam') # => greeting='Hello', args=('Michael', 'Bob', 'Adam') names = ('Bart', 'Lisa') hello('Hello', *names) # => greeting='Hello', args=('Bart', 'Lisa')