(x,y,dotp,sumx,maxv) = abc(x,y,dotp,sumx,maxv) This will only create a tuple in memory that has no name to reference it by! How would you access the returned value? If you want a tuple you need to assign all the return vales to a single name. mytup = abc(x,y,dotp,sumx,maxv) M.E.Farmer
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