var_positional.ipynb

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    "__In the function call `func(1,2,3,4,5)`, argument `1` is mapped to `a` and the remaining arguments will be part of `args` and args return its content as a tuple `(2,3,4,5)`.__"
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      "a:1, args:(2, 3, 4, 5)\n"
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    "__`func(a=1,2,3,4,5)` raises `TypeError` because position arguments must not follow keyword arguments. Here positional arguments `2,3,4,5` follow keyword argument which raise `TypeError`.__"
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