In Python, keyword arguments allow you to pass values to function parameters by explicitly naming them. This improves readability, flexibility, and reduces errors. Unlike positional arguments, the order of keyword arguments doesn’t matter.
# Function definition def printinfo(name, age): print("Name:", name) print("Age:", age) # Function calls printinfo("Naveen", 29) # Positional arguments printinfo(name="Miki", age=30) # Keyword arguments
🔹 When using keyword arguments, the order of parameters doesn’t matter. 🔹 However, positional arguments must always come before keyword arguments.
# Function definition def division(num, den): quotient = num / den print(f"num:{num}, den:{den}, quotient:{quotient}") # Function calls division(10, 5) # Positional arguments division(num=10, den=5) # Keyword arguments division(den=5, num=10) # Order doesn't matter
🚨 Important Note: You cannot place a positional argument after a keyword argument. Doing so will result in a SyntaxError.