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 Arguments
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-**"*" is the splat operator, that takes a list as input, and expands it into actual positional arguments in the function call.**
+**`'*'` is the splat operator, that takes a list as input, and expands it into actual positional arguments in the function call.**
 
 ```python
 args   = (1, 2)