In python how to I make [x , y] into individual variables?

Question

I'm working with an API that returns variables in this format:

[x, y]

How can I take that and turn it into individual x and y variables?

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '13 at 21:57

8

>>> a,b = [1, 2]
>>> a
1
>>> b
2

answered Dec 30 '13 at 21:57

uselpa

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 21:57

4

You could do

first, second = somethingReturned

answered Dec 30 '13 at 21:57

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 22:37

1

If you are passing the data you retrieve from your API to another function, you don't have to unpack them by hand, just use the star operator.

my_func(*api_func())

answered Dec 30 '13 at 22:37

Steinar Lima

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