Assigning multiple variables to a list a la php's list()

[Wells]

Can you take a list and have it exploded into variables w/ one
command? Something like..


list = ['foo', 'bar']
[a, b] = list

Then 'a' would be foo and 'b' 'bar'.

Like list($a,$b) = $list in PHP.

Thanks!

 

[Chris Rebert]

Can you take a list and have it exploded into variables w/ one
command? Something like..


list = ['foo', 'bar']
[a, b] = list

Then 'a' would be foo and 'b' 'bar'.

Did you think to try it at the interpreter? That exact syntax works,
though we usually write it without the brackets, like:

a, b = list

Also, don't use "list" as a variable name since it clashes with the
builtin type.

Cheers,
Chris