Tuple Unpacking

[buran]

(number of variables must be the same as number of values in tuple)

Just to expand a bit. Above is correct, but in python3 you have also extended iterable unpacking. You can do

>>> spam, eggs, *rest = 1, 2, 3, 4
>>> spam
1
>>> eggs
2
>>> rest
[3, 4]
>>> spam, *foo, eggs = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
>>> spam
1
>>> eggs
5
>>> foo
[2, 3, 4]
>>>

Note that using asterisks makes the respective variable catch-all.