Return Placeholder in Python

Asked Jan 04 '21 at 16:12

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I'm returning several variables from a function in python:

mydb, mydb_name, instance_col = set_db()

However, of all those variables only instance_col is being used.

Is there a way of not specifying unused variables when returning them from python?

asked Jan 04 '21 at 16:12

bluethundr

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By convention, use `_` -- thus, `_, _, instance_col = set_db()` – Charles Duffy Jan 04 '21 at 16:14
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`*_, instance_col = set_db()` - since you're only interested in the last elem – Tibebes. M Jan 04 '21 at 16:15
That's it. Great! Thanks! – bluethundr Jan 04 '21 at 16:15

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