python - Assign multiple values of a list -

i curious know if there "pythonic" way assign values in list elements? clearer, asking this:

mylist = [3, 5, 7, 2]  a, b, c, d = something(mylist) 

so that:

a = 3 b = 5 c = 7 d = 2 

i looking other, better option doing manually:

a = mylist[0] b = mylist[1] c = mylist[2] d = mylist[3] 

simply type out:

>>> a,b,c,d = [1,2,3,4] >>> 1 >>> b 2 >>> c 3 >>> d 4 

python employs assignment unpacking when have iterable being assigned multiple variables above.

in python3.x has been extended, can unpack number of variables less length of iterable using star operator:

>>> a,b,*c = [1,2,3,4] >>> 1 >>> b 2 >>> c [3, 4]