Splat (*) arguments example from Codecademy. A splat argument allows for an unknown quantity of arbitrary arguments to be processed in a function.

SplatArguments.py

# Sample function that utilizes the splat (*) argument to accept multiple input strings
# A Codecademy Python assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice

def favorite_actors(*actors):
    """Prints out your favorite actorS (plural!)"""
    print "Your favorite actors are:" , actors
    
favorite_actors("Michael Palin", "John Cleese", "Graham Chapman")