*args and Tuples

[joe_momma]

the * args is used to pass a number of arguments. the *items is not the list you created below. tutorial on *args **kwargs
If you want a list passed to your function then just pass a list:

def func(my_list):
    my_list[3]= 1026
    res= []
    for i in my_list:
        res.append(i)
    return res
    
 
items=[1,3,7,9,-99,555,88]
new_item= func(items)
print(new_item)

Output:
[1, 3, 7, 1026, -99, 555, 88]

if a list is not passed then it will throw an error.