简单来说，当你传入的参数不能确定是几个的时候会用到 ＊args和＊＊kwargs，这里星号后边只是个代号，你写成a也可以。
而这两者的区别是 如果是键值对就要用后者，反之前者就可以。
同时还可以用（a， ＊args， ＊＊kwargs）这种方式
具体例子见下面代码：
In [1]: def h(a):
...: print a
...: In [2]: h(3)
3 In [3]: def h(*args):
...: for i in args:
...: print i
...: In [4]: h((1, 2, 3))
(1, 2, 3) In [5]: a = [1, 2, 3] In [6]: h(a)
[1, 2, 3] In [7]: h(3)
3 In [8]: h(3, 3)
3
3 In [9]: h(3, 5)
3
5 In [10]: def h(a, *args):
....: print a
....: for i in args:
....: print i
....: In [11]: h(3, 4, 5)
3
4
5 In [12]: h(3, a)
3
[1, 2, 3] In [13]: h(3, (1, 2, 3))
3
(1, 2, 3) In [14]: h(a)
[1, 2, 3] In [15]: h(a, a)
[1, 2, 3]
[1, 2, 3] In [16]: def h(a):
....: for i in a:
....: print i
....: In [17]: h(a)
1
2
3
In [19]: def h(a, *args):
print 'a', a
for i in args:
print i
....: In [20]: h(1, 3, 4)
a 1
3
4 In [21]: h(1, a)
a 1
[1, 2, 3] In [22]: h(1, (1, (2, 3)))
a 1
(1, (2, 3)) In [23]: h(1, (1, 2, 3))
a 1
(1, 2, 3) In [24]: h(1, (1, 2, 3), (3, 4))
a 1
(1, 2, 3)
(3, 4)
注意： 此处并没有正确的打印出结果，小括号里的数并没有按行打出，而是直接打出了，正确的用法是要加上＊才可以，见下面的代码
**kwargs的用法：
In [25]: def h(**kwargs):
....: for k, v in kwargs.items():
....: print k, v
....: In [26]: h({'a': 1, 'b': 3})
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-26-557f772fd853> in <module>()
----> 1 h({'a': 1, 'b': 3}) # 此处没有＊＊，提示错误 TypeError: h() takes exactly 0 arguments (1 given) In [27]: h(**{'a': 1, 'b': 3})
a 1
b 3 In [28]: def hh(*args):
....: for i in args:
....: print i
....: In [29]: hh(*(1, 2, 3)) # 此处是正确的使用方法
1
2
3 In [30]: a = (1, 2, 3) In [31]: hh(*a)
1
2
3 In [32]: def hhh(a, *args):
....: print a, 'a'
....: for i in args:
....: print i
....: In [33]: hhh(*(1, 3, 4))
1 a
3
4
同时使用三种方式的顺序是， def f(a, *args, **kwargs)
In [34]: def hhhh(a, *args, **kwargs):
....: print 'a:', a
....: for i in args:
....: print i
....: print 'kwargs:'
....: for k, v in kwargs:
....: print k, v
....: In [35]: hhhh(1, *(2, 3), **{'c': 1, 'b': 3})
a: 1
2
3
kwargs:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-35-6ac13cc71458> in <module>()
----> 1 hhhh(1, *(2, 3), **{'c': 1, 'b': 3}) <ipython-input-34-18188bbea105> in hhhh(a, *args, **kwargs)
4 print i
5 print 'kwargs:'
----> 6 for k, v in kwargs:
7 print k, v
8 ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack In [36]: def hhhh(a, *args, **kwargs):
print 'a:', a
for i in args:
print i
print 'kwargs:'
for k, v in kwargs.items:
print k, v
....: In [37]: hhhh(1, *(2, 3), **{'c': 1, 'b': 3})
a: 1
2
3
kwargs:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-37-6ac13cc71458> in <module>()
----> 1 hhhh(1, *(2, 3), **{'c': 1, 'b': 3}) <ipython-input-36-0e0a773cdf48> in hhhh(a, *args, **kwargs)
4 print i
5 print 'kwargs:'
----> 6 for k, v in kwargs.items:
7 print k, v
8 TypeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object is not iterable In [38]: def hhhh(a, *args, **kwargs):
print 'a:', a
for i in args:
print i
print 'kwargs:'
for k, v in kwargs.items():
print k, v
....: In [39]: hhhh(1, *(2, 3), **{'c': 1, 'b': 3})
a: 1
2
3
kwargs:
c 1
b 3
注意：items处要加（）
参考见：
https://eastlakeside.gitbooks.io/interpy-zh/content/args_kwargs/When_to_use.html
https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions
