# Unpack arguments from an array into function

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unpack-arguments-from-an-array-into-function/29656>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unpack-arguments-from-an-array-into-function/29656 "2019-10-08T14:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unpack-arguments-from-an-array-into-function/29656/1 "2019-10-08T14:43:08Z")

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If I have an array of arguments, say  
`args = [arg1, arg2, agr3]`  
how do you unpack them into a function ` f` that take as arguments the entries from args, namely

`f(arg1, agr2, arg3)`.

in python it goes something like ` f(*args)`.

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unpack-arguments-from-an-array-into-function/29656/2 "2019-10-08T14:45:52Z")

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`f(args...)`

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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unpack-arguments-from-an-array-into-function/29656/3 "2019-10-08T14:47:20Z")

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so simple… thanks… it works perfectly.