Brandon Dorsey <brandon...@gmail.com> writes: > I know there is are easier ways to assign multiple objects to a > variable,
Not really. Every name binds to exactly one value. Values can themselves be collections of other values, which might be what you're thinking of. > 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?" The value defined on the right-hand side of the assignment operation (the ‘=’) is a literal tuple. That one value then gets the name ‘greetings’ bound to it. > print(greetings) The ‘print’ function implicitly creates a string representation of its parameter; the string representation of a tuple shows all the values in that tuple. > x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Another literal tuple is created on the right-hand side, and the name ‘x’ is bound to that tuple. > I assumed that you could only assign one object per assignment without > the presence of tuples, list, or dictionaries. I don't really understand that statement. 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? Each of those types implements a collection; a tuple value (and likewise a list value, a dict value) itself contains other values. But those values are only *contained in*, not identical to, the collection. -- \ “Laurie got offended that I used the word ‘puke’. But to me, | `\ that's what her dinner tasted like.” —Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor