#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """Passing arguments to threads when they are created
     """
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import threading
     
     def worker(num):
         """thread worker function"""
         print 'Worker: %s' % num
         return
     
     threads = []
     for i in range(5):
         t = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=(i,))
         threads.append(t)
         t.start()