# unpack sequences a, = 1, ; print(a) a, b = 2, 3 ; print(a, b) a, b, c = 1, 2, 3; print(a, b, c) a, = range(1); print(a) a, b = range(2); print(a, b) a, b, c = range(3); print(a, b, c) (a) = range(1); print(a) (a,) = range(1); print(a) (a, b) = range(2); print(a, b) (a, b, c) = range(3); print(a, b, c) (a, (b, c)) = [-1, range(2)]; print(a, b, c) # lists [] = [] [a] = range(1); print(a) [a, b] = range(2); print(a, b) [a, b, c] = range(3); print(a, b, c) # with star *a, = () ; print(a) *a, = 4, ; print(a) *a, = 5, 6 ; print(a) *a, b = 7, ; print(a, b) *a, b = 8, 9 ; print(a, b) *a, b = 10, 11, 12 ; print(a, b) a, *b = 13, ; print(a, b) a, *b = 14, 15 ; print(a, b) a, *b = 16, 17, 18 ; print(a, b) a, *b, c = 19, 20 ; print(a, b) a, *b, c = 21, 22, 23 ; print(a, b) a, *b, c = 24, 25, 26, 27 ; print(a, b) a = [28, 29] *b, = a print(a, b, a == b, a is b) [*a] = [1, 2, 3] print(a) try: a, *b, c = (30,) except ValueError: print("ValueError") # with star and generic iterator *a, = range(5) ; print(a) *a, b = range(5) ; print(a, b) *a, b, c = range(5) ; print(a, b, c) a, *b = range(5) ; print(a, b) a, *b, c = range(5) ; print(a, b, c) a, *b, c, d = range(5) ; print(a, b, c, d) a, b, *c = range(5) ; print(a, b, c) a, b, *c, d = range(5) ; print(a, b, c, d) a, b, *c, d, e = range(5) ; print(a, b, c, d, e) *a, = [x * 2 for x in [1, 2, 3, 4]] ; print(a) *a, b = [x * 2 for x in [1, 2, 3, 4]] ; print(a, b) a, *b = [x * 2 for x in [1, 2, 3, 4]] ; print(a, b) a, *b, c = [x * 2 for x in [1, 2, 3, 4]]; print(a, b, c) try: a, *b, c = range(0) except ValueError: print("ValueError") try: a, *b, c = range(1) except ValueError: print("ValueError")