Kottiyath wrote: > I have the following list of tuples: > L = [(1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7)] > > I want to loop through the list and extract the values. > The only algorithm I could think of is: >>>> for i in l: > ... u = None > ... try: > ... (k, v) = i > ... except ValueError: > ... (k, u, v) = i > ... print k, u, v > --------- > 1 None 2 > 3 4 5 > 6 None 7 > ------------- > But, this algorithm doesnt look very beautiful - like say -> for k, u, > v in L: > Can anyone suggest a better algorithm to get the values?
L = [(1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7)] for i in L: if len(i) == 2: k, v, u = i + (None, ) else: k, u, v = i print k, u, v regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list