# tf.compat.v1.flags.DEFINE_multi_string

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Registers a flag whose value can be a list of any strings.

    tf.compat.v1.flags.DEFINE_multi_string(
        name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, required=False, **args
    )

Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
string values into the list. The 'default' may be a single string
(which will be converted into a single-element list) or a list of
strings.

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| ## Args ||
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| `name` | str, the flag name. |
| `default` | Union\[Iterable\[Text\], Text, None\], the default value of the flag; see :func:`DEFINE_multi`. |
| `help` | str, the help message. |
| `flag_values` | :class:`FlagValues`, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden. |
| `required` | bool, is this a required flag. This must be used as a keyword argument. |
| `**args` | Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the `Flag.__init__`. |

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| ## Returns ||
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| a handle to defined flag. ||

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