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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points
Posted by srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points

Someone help me understand in a simple way passing argument as dictionary. 

def num_teachers(**kwargs):
    count_keys = len(kwargs.keys())
    return count_keys

I watched the video morethan 3 times but I'm still confused when to use **kwargs or how to create a function which accepts dictionary.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're close, but the gather (or "double splat") operator (**) is intended to convert a number of individual keywords and values into a dictionary.

But in this case, the argument being passed in is a dictionary, so you don't need that operator.