I personally like this solution the best. Thanks mr. tuples = [(1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7)]
def triple_or_pair(seq): u = None try: k, u, v = seq except ValueError: k, v = seq return k, u, v for k, u, v in [ triple_or_pair(seq) for seq in tuples ]: print k, u, v On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Kottiyath <n.kottiy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2:38 am, mr <mario.rugg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As has been noted, the best is to fix the input to be regular-3- > > tuples. For the fun of it, here's another variation of a solution: > > > > tuples = [(1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7)] > > > > def triple_or_pair(seq): > > u = None > > try: > > k, u, v = seq > > except ValueError: > > k, v = seq > > return k, u, v > > > > for k, u, v in [ triple_or_pair(seq) for seq in tuples ]: > > print k, u, v > > It is a code to post some data to HTML server. > Even though usually the POST values are of type(name, value), if file > transfer is involved, then POST values change to (name, filename, > value). > My view was that since filename is a rare occurance and doesnt make > sense in a usual POST, I had not kept it as a full 3 tuple. > Since so many programmers (that too much more capable than me) are > suggesting that it is code smell, I am reviewing my decision. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я
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