How to use comma separated variable?

Question

I have a variable like this: ignore = val1,val2

But it's unclear for me how to use these values as separate ones.

Currently (with my knowledge) i need to hard code them like code below:

if (not Path.find("val1") > -1 ) and (not Path.find("val2") > -1 ):
    etc

Now i want test added to it, and again i need to hard code it like this:

if (not Path.find("val1") > -1 ) and (not Path.find("val2") > -1 ) and (not Path.find("test") > -1 ):

Isn't there a better way of doing this?

Answer 1

If ignore is a tuple of value names:

if all(Path.find(v) <= -1 for v in ignore):

This has the advantage to stop as soon as the first condition is false. Just like your hard-coded example.

Answer 2

This is a tuple, one of the basic datatypes in Python.

You can access the different values using indexing notation, like ignore[0], ignore[1], etc.

However, if you're struggling with fundamental language features like this, I'd strongly recommend that you go read a Python tutorial before continuing.