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

William Shaylor
William Shaylor
3,014 Points
Posted by William Shaylor
William Shaylor
3,014 Points

I don't understand what I've got wrong here. It works in the console fine.

Any ideas?

unpacking.py 
def unpacker(*args):
    return args

val, val2 = unpacker('Python', 'rocks!')

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

The instructions say to unpack into variables named "val1, val2", but here the first one is just "val" instead of "val1".