[a,b,c,d] = 1,2,3,4

[Cody Piersall]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:16 AM, ast <nomail at invalid.com> wrote:

> [a,b,c,d] = 1,2,3,4
>>>> a
>>>>
>>> 1
>
>> b
>>>>
>>> 2
>
>> c
>>>>
>>> 3
>
>> d
>>>>
>>> 4
>
> I have never seen this syntax before. Is it documented.
> Is there a name for that ?
>
> thx
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>

That's called "sequence unpacking"

Cody
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