Python: Passing *args and **kwargs into a function

# *args is the usual notation for optional, non-keyword arguments
# **kwargs is the usual notation for optional, keyword arguments
def test_var_args(regular_argument, *args, **kwargs):
    print ("- regular argument:", regular_argument)
    for arg in args:
        print ("- unnamed arguments arg:", arg)
    for key in kwargs:
        print ("- named arguments: %s: %s" % (key, kwargs[key]))
test_var_args(1, "two", 3, four=4, five="five")

- regular argument: 1
- unnamed arguments arg: two
- unnamed arguments arg: 3
- named arguments: four: 4
- named arguments: five: five