On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 05:25:12AM -0500, Brandon Dorsey wrote: > I know there is are easier ways to assign multiple objects to a variable, > but why, does the following code work? Why does it return a tuple versus a > list? I know it has something to do with the semi-colon, but I didn't know > it wouldn't raise an error. > > greetings = "hello,", "what's", "your", "name?"
There is no semi-colon involved. The thing to remember is that *commas*, not parentheses, are used for making tuples. The round brackets are just for grouping. So these are exactly the same: x = "hello", "world" # tuple of two strings y = ("hello", "world") # also a tuple of two strings So you can make a tuple of a single item: x = 23, # same as x = (23,) The exception is the empty tuple: y = () -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor