Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> Or this version if you want something other than "" as the default
>
> a, b, b = (line.split(':') + 3*[None])[:3]
Either you mean a, b, c -- or you're being subtler than I'm grasping.
> BTW This is a feature I miss from perl...
Hmmm, I understand missing the ``and all the rest goes here'' feature
(I'd really love it if the rejected
a, b, *c = whatever
suggestion had gone through, ah well), but I'm not sure what exactly
you'd like to borrow instead -- blissfully by now I've forgotten a lot
of the perl I used to know... care to clarify?
Alex
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