[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John Henry wrote: > > Can I say something to the effect of: > > > > (a,b,c[0:2],d[0:5])=a_list # Obviously this won't work > > Your best bet is probably: > > x = [...some list...] > a,b,c,d = x[:1],x[1:2],x[2:5],x[5:] >
Dude! Why didn't I think of that (tunnel vision). Thanks, > > I am asking this because I have a section of code that contains *lots* > > of things like this. It makes the code very unreadable. > > Of course, if you're always slicing up lists the same way (say, into > 1,1,3,5 element sections) then you could improve readability by writing > a function that takes the list and returns a tuple of the pieces, such > as: > > def slice_list(x): > return x[:1],x[1:2],x[2:5],x[5:] > > a,b,c,d = slice_list(first_list) > e,f,g,h = slice_list(second_list) > > -Matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list