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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Packing and Unpacking Unpacking Challenge

Friedrich Dalman
Friedrich Dalman
1,502 Points
Posted by Friedrich Dalman
Friedrich Dalman
1,502 Points

What is the variable assignment?

How do I edit the variable assignment in this code?

unpacking.py 
def unpacker(val1, val2):
    return val1, val2

val = unpacker('Python', 'rocks!')

1 Answer

Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points
Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points

Variable assignment is when you declare a variable and assign it a value as in: foo = bar. For this code challenge you will want to assign the return value of the unpacker function (a tuple) to two variables: val1 and val2 and you want to do that in one go - one-liner, hence: unpacking. You don't need to change the function definition, the code will still run if you do change it but you loose the flexibility of passing in a variable amount of arguments with the asterisk syntax.