accessing elements of a tuple

[John Machin]

On Jan 31, 9:42 am, Matthew Sacks <ntw... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >First of all, list is a reserved word.  Don't use it as a variable name.
>
> I was using it as an example in this case.
>
> >mylist[0][1] if I understand the question.
>
> This works. Thank you.
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Tim Chase
>
> <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> >> let me re-phrase that question:
> >> i would like to access the element of individual tuples inside of a
> >> list, by using an index.
> >> so i have the list contents
>
> >> print list
> >> [('--datasourcename', 'DB'), ('--password', '123')]
>
> >> How can I access "DB" from the list directly using an index?
>
> >> right now I would have to grab the tuple and the use the index of the
> >> tuple
>
> > Well, you can use
>
> >  lst[0][1]

But that sort of code rapidly becomes unreadable. Unpacking the list
and unpacking the tuple into named components will be more
understandable when you revisit the code.