Variadic

//vɛɹiˈædɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A function that takes a variable number of arguments.

    "PHP 5.6 introduced variadics that explicitly accept a variable number of parameters."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Taking a variable number of arguments; especially, taking arbitrarily many arguments. not-comparable

    "C's printf is one of the most widely used variadic functions."

  2. 2
    Belonging to a variadic function. not-comparable

    "each variadic argument"

Example

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"C's printf is one of the most widely used variadic functions."

Etymology

From variable + -adic.

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