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Anthony Piscocama
4,328 PointsSays "not enough values to pack, expected 2 got 0.
def unpacker(*args): first, second = args return first,second
unpacker('Python', 'rocks!') val1, val2 = unpacker()
def unpacker(*args):
first, second = args
return first,second
unpacker('Python', 'rocks!')
val1, val2 = unpacker()
1 Answer
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Josh Keenan
19,662 PointsThis is all you needed to do:
def unpacker(*args):
return args
val1, val2 = unpacker('Python', 'rocks!')
It confused me a tad on the first read, but it just wants you to save the output from calling it into two variables.