James Logajan <JamesL at Lugoj.Com> wrote: > This may not be the most elegant or efficient, but how about this: > > [f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6] = (string.split (line) + 6*[None])[:6] Yeah, that's what I had come up with, but I was hoping somebody would have an idea that was more elegant and efficient :-)