Remove comma from tuples in python.

[Alister]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:13:30 +0200, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:

> Gary Herron writes:
> 
>> On 02/20/2014 10:49 PM, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
>> > I am getting below tuple from excel.
>> > How should i remove extra commas in each tuple to make it easy for
>> > operations.
>> >
>> > tuples is:
>> > seriesxlist1 = ((0.0), (0.01), (0.02), (0.03), (0.04), (0.05),
>> > (0.06), (0.07), (0.08), (0.09), (0.1), (0.11))
>> >
>> > please suggest me solution.
>> 
>> There are no extra *commas* there.  Perhaps you mean extra
> 
> There were extra commas in a previous thread.
> 
> Jaydeep, Rustom Mody gave you the answer, which you even quoted but
> apparently failed to notice. Go back and see.
> 
> That answer was this:
> 
>    >>> seriesxlist1 = ((0.0,), (0.01,), (0.02,))
>    >>> x2 = [x*x for (x,) in seriesxlist1]
> 
> I tend to omit those parentheses and use just the comma:
> 
>    >>> x2 = [x*x for x, in seriesxlist1]

I had not though of using unpacking in this way & would have written

x2= [x[0]**2 for x in serisexlist1]

I am not sure which is easier to read in this instance (single element 
tupple) but unpacking would definitely be the way to go if the tupple had 
multiple values.





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