ValueError vs IndexError, unpacking arguments with string.split

[Morten W. Petersen]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 7:25 PM Dan Sommers <
2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE at potatochowder.com> wrote:

> On 11/30/18 12:00 PM, Morten W. Petersen wrote:
>
>  > I guess syntax could be added, so that
>  >
>  > a, b, @c = some sequence
>  >
>  > would initialize a and b, and leave anything remaining in c.  We could
>  > then call this @ syntax "teh snek".
>
> Close.  ;-)  Try this:
>
>      a, b, *c = [4, 5, 6, 7]
>

☺

I did not know that.  Or maybe I read it somewhere and it was in the
subconscious.

-Morten


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