What does the star mark before list mean?

vision
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The code snippet is given below. But I don’t understand what the start mark (*) mean. Could assisstance be provided to explain this?

my_model = nn.Sequential(*list(pretrained_model.modules())[:-1])

Kind regards.

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It is used to unpack containers. In your case it would be equal to as if you pass each list element separately to nn.Sequential. Have a look at pep448 for more information.

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I got it. Much appreciated for your help.