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k = [u'query_urls', u'"kick"', u'"00"', u'msg=1212', u'id=11']
>>> name, view, id, tokens = k
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: too many values to unpack
I need to provide 5 variables to unpack this list. Is there a way to unpack with fewer, so that tokens gets the rest of the list. I don't want to write another line to append to a list....
Thanks.
Of course I can slice a list, assign individually, etc. But I want to know how to do what I want using the syntax above.
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In Python, unpacking is not limited to tuples only. You can unpack a list or a string with the same syntax. Unpacking is more commonly known as multiple assignment, as it reminds of assigning multiple variables on the same line.
Summary. Unpacking assigns elements of the list to multiple variables. Use the asterisk (*) in front of a variable like this *variable_name to pack the leftover elements of a list into another list.
Summary. Python uses the commas ( , ) to define a tuple, not parentheses. Unpacking tuples means assigning individual elements of a tuple to multiple variables. Use the * operator to assign remaining elements of an unpacking assignment into a list and assign it to a variable.
In Python 3 you can do this: (edit: this is called extended iterable unpacking)
name, view, id, *tokens = k
In Python 2, you will have to do this:
(name, view, id), tokens = k[:3], k[3:]
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