# Basics a, b = 1, 2 print(a, b) a, b = (1, 2) print(a, b) (a, b) = 1, 2 print(a, b) (a, b) = (1, 2) print(a, b) # Tuples/lists are optimized a, b = [1, 2] print(a, b) [a, b] = 100, 200 print(a, b) # optimised 3-way swap a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 a, b, c = b, c, a print(a, b, c) try: a, b, c = (1, 2) except ValueError: print("ValueError") try: a, b, c = [1, 2, 3, 4] except ValueError: print("ValueError") # Generic iterable object a, b, c = range(3) print(a, b, c) try: a, b, c = range(2) except ValueError: print("ValueError") try: a, b, c = range(4) except ValueError: print("ValueError")