Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: [...] > if you only want the first returned value, you can just apply a slice: > > def f(): > return 1,2,3 > > a = f()[0] + 1 > <nit>That isn't a slice, it's indexing</nit> regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/