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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:30:03 +1000
Subject: Re: Best way to check that you are at the beginning (the end) of an iterable?
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On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
>>>> [x] =3D ""
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> =A0File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ValueError: need more than 0 values to unpack
>>>> [x] =3D "a"
>>>> [x] =3D "ab"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> =A0File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ValueError: too many values to unpack
>

Hey look, it's a new operator - the "assign-sole-result-of-iterable" operat=
or!

x ,=3D "a"

:)

ChrisA