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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Packing

Posted by Gerard Nwazk
Gerard Nwazk
Courses Plus Student 2,833 Points

how can i apply Slices to this code

Please i want to know how Slices would be applied in this code

twoples.py 
def multiply(base, *nums):
    product = base
    for num in nums:
        product *= num
    return product

1 Answer

Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points
Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points

Hi, Gee mix:

def multiply(*args):
    # make product first argument
    product = args[0]

    # loop through rest of arguments
    for arg in args[1:]:
        product = product * arg     # get multiplied value of all of the supplied arguments

    return product