convert list of tuples into several lists

[Pierre Quentel]

Steven Bethard a écrit :
> Cappy2112 wrote:
> 
>> What does the leading * do?
> 
> 
> Tells Python to use the following iterable as the (remainder of the) 
> argument list:
> 

Could someone explain why this doesn't work :

Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct  2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32
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 >>> def f(*args,**kw):
...     print args, kw
...
 >>> f(*[1,2])
(1, 2) {}
 >>> f(*[1,2],x=1)
   File "<stdin>", line 1
     f(*[1,2],x=1)
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 >>>

Pierre