Question

I am in progress to learn Python. Hopefully someone points me to correct way.
This is what I’d like to do below:

def decorate(function):
    def wrap_function(*args, **kwargs):
        str = 'Hello!'  # This is what I want
        return function(*args, **kwargs)
    return wrap_function

@decorate
def print_message():
    # I'd like to pass 'str' as mentioned above
    # to any functions' argument like below:
    print(str)  # 'str' is same as above

Any idea? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can’t pass it as its own name, but you can add it to the keywords.

def decorate(function):
    def wrap_function(*args, **kwargs):
        kwargs['str'] = 'Hello!'
        return function(*args, **kwargs)
    return wrap_function

@decorate
def print_message(*args, **kwargs):
    print(kwargs['str'])

Alternatively you can name its own argument:

def decorate(function):
    def wrap_function(*args, **kwargs):
        str = 'Hello!'
        return function(str, *args, **kwargs)
    return wrap_function

@decorate
def print_message(str, *args, **kwargs):
    print(str)

Class method:

def decorate(function):
    def wrap_function(*args, **kwargs):
        str = 'Hello!'
        args.insert(1, str)
        return function(*args, **kwargs)
    return wrap_function

class Printer:
    @decorate
    def print_message(self, str, *args, **kwargs):
        print(str)