Python assignment destructioning

Question

How can I do the ES6 type object destructuring in Python?

dictionary = {}

dictionary['a'] = 'hello'
dictionary['b'] = 'goodbye'

print dictionary

a, b = [dictionary]

print a, b

How can I have it print hello goodbye ?

Answer 1

You can actually do this:

a, b = dictionary.values()

Or if you are worrying dictionary is not ordered, you can do:

from collections import OrderedDict

print "Hello World!\n"
dictionary = OrderedDict()  # <-------------

dictionary['a'] = 'hello'
dictionary['b'] = 'goodbye'

print dictionary

a, b = dictionary.values()

print a, b