Is there a better algorithm?

[J Kenneth King]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> Kottiyath <n.kottiyath at gmail.com> writes:
>> I have the following list of tuples:
>> L = [(1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7)]
>> I want to loop through the list and extract the values.
>
> Others have suggested messy ways to code what you're asking.  At another
> level, that list format seems like a code smell.  You may be better off
> organizing the program so that
>
>    L = [(1, None, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, None, 7)]
>
> after which unpacking becomes trivial.

Very true. +1