Is there a way to assign the "rest" of the items in a list to the final variable in multiple assignment in python?

Question

In ruby I can do something like:

key, *rest = ["key1", 1, 2, 3]

and the result will be:

key = "key1"
rest = [1, 2, 3]

Is there a way to do the same in python?

In python3.x this would work – karthikr May 22 '13 at 15:52 — karthikr, May 22 '13 at 15:52

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 22 '13 at 16:02

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key,rest = my_list[0],my_list[1:]

is as close as you can get I think (in Python <= 2.7). In Python 3 your code works as is.

edited May 22 '13 at 16:02

jamylak

answered May 22 '13 at 15:51

Joran Beasley

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