Unpacking a single tuple _or_ a pair

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Peter Bittner wrote:
>   for i in range(len(datalist)):
>     try:
>       value, text = datalist[i]		# separate pair's values
>     except:
>       text, = datalist[i]	# assume single value on fail
>       value = ''

   Just check len(datalist[i])...

Oleg.
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