[Tutor] python syntax: underscore

[Michael Connors]

Hi,
I was following the thread on about the _("xx") thingy.
Since then I played around a bit with underscores at the console and it
seems to me that if you execute code with a return value but you dont save
the result, then  _ is a pointer to this value.

Is that correct?

>>4
4
>>print _
4

So if I do this,
>>_ = 10

>>4
4
>>print _
10

What is this _ used for?
If I assign something to the underscore, will it cause strange things to
happen later?
(Just curiosity)
Regards,
-- 
Michael
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