I know there is are easier ways to assign multiple objects to a variable,
but why, does the following code work? Why does it return a tuple versus a
list? I know it has something to do with the semi-colon, but I didn't know
it wouldn't raise an error.
greetings = hello,, what's, your, name?
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
The thing to remember is that *commas*, not parentheses, are used for
making tuples. The round brackets are just for grouping.
That's what I was confused about. I didn't realize commas defined tuples,
not parentheses.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au
wrote:
Does it help you to understand if I clarify that a tuple is one value?
That a list is one value? That a dict is one value?
Well I knew that those data structures represent one value that can hold
x amount of objects,
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Dave Angel da...@davea.name wrote:
Ben's description is very good. But I think the main thing you're missing
is that a tuple is created by the comma, not by parentheses. In some
contexts, parentheses need to be added to make it non-ambiguous, since
comma is
, and with
programming - as we all know - there are a million ways to accomplish the
same task.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Dave Angel da...@davea.name wrote:
On 12/18/2014 09:09 PM, Brandon Dorsey wrote:
Hello All,
Programming has always been a passion of mine,
A great start. Can you tell
Hello All,
Programming has always been a passion of mine, however, I'm frequently
frustrated at
simple fact that I've been learning python for 8 months, and I have yet to
start, and finish, a simple
project. I find difficult to not only visualize the execution, but to
figure out when and where
