Variadic function - a function that accepts indefinite number of parameter -- programming language

Example 

In C

Code

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>

double average(int count, ...) {
    va_list ap;
    int j;
    double sum = 0;

    va_start(ap, count); /* Before C23: Requires the last fixed parameter (to get the address) */
    for (j = 0; j < count; j++) {
        sum += va_arg(ap, int); /* Increments ap to the next argument. */
    }
    va_end(ap);

    return sum / count;
}

int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
    printf("%f\n", average(3, 1, 2, 3));
    return 0;
}

In C++

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdarg>

void simple_printf(const char* fmt...)      // C-style "const char* fmt, ..." is also valid
{
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, fmt);
 
    while (*fmt != '\0') {
        if (*fmt == 'd') {
            int i = va_arg(args, int);
            std::cout << i << '\n';
        } else if (*fmt == 'c') {
            // note automatic conversion to integral type
            int c = va_arg(args, int);
            std::cout << static_cast<char>(c) << '\n';
        } else if (*fmt == 'f') {
            double d = va_arg(args, double);
            std::cout << d << '\n';
        }
        ++fmt;
    }
 
    va_end(args);
}

int main()
{
    simple_printf("dcff", 3, 'a', 1.999, 42.5); 
}

#include <iostream>

template <typename... Ts>
void foo_print(Ts... args) 
{
    ((std::cout << args << ' '), ...);
}

int main()
{
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
    foo_print(1, 3.14f); // 1 3.14
    foo_print("Foo", 'b', true, nullptr); // Foo b true nullptr
}

In C#

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdarg>

void simple_printf(const char* fmt...)      // C-style "const char* fmt, ..." is also valid
{
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, fmt);
 
    while (*fmt != '\0') {
        if (*fmt == 'd') {
            int i = va_arg(args, int);
            std::cout << i << '\n';
        } else if (*fmt == 'c') {
            // note automatic conversion to integral type
            int c = va_arg(args, int);
            std::cout << static_cast<char>(c) << '\n';
        } else if (*fmt == 'f') {
            double d = va_arg(args, double);
            std::cout << d << '\n';
        }
        ++fmt;
    }
 
    va_end(args);
}

int main()
{
    simple_printf("dcff", 3, 'a', 1.999, 42.5); 

In JS

Code

function sum(...numbers) {
    return numbers.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
}

console.log(sum(1, 2, 3)); // 6
console.log(sum(3, 2));    // 5
console.log(sum());        // 0

which is equivalent to 

function sum() {
    return Array.prototype.reduce.call(arguments, (a, b) => a + b, 0);
}

console.log(sum(1, 2, 3)); // 6
console.log(sum(3, 2));    // 5
console.log(sum());        // 0

In Python

Code

def foo(a, b, *args):
    print(args)  # args is a tuple (immutable sequence).

foo(1, 2) # ()
foo(1, 2, 3) # (3,)
foo(1, 2, 3, "hello") # (3, "hello")

In Java

public class Program {
    // Variadic methods store any additional arguments they receive in an array.
    // Consequentially, `printArgs` is actually a method with one parameter: a
    // variable-length array of `String`s.
    private static void printArgs(String... strings) {
        for (String string : strings) {
            System.out.println(string);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printArgs("hello");          // short for printArgs(["hello"])
        printArgs("hello", "world"); // short for printArgs(["hello", "world"])
    }
}

Reference

Variadic function - Wikipedia