ValueError: too many values to unpack

[Pablo Ziliani]

Zentrader wrote:
> On Sep 27, 9:46 am, Shawn Minisall <trekker... at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> line 3 - 19.18    29.15    78.75    212.10
>> line 4 - 100    20    410.29
>> And this is the code I'm using:
>>
>>    #read withdrawls from file on line3
>>    line = infile.readline()
>>      #split withdrawls up
>>    withdraw1, withdraw2, withdraw3, withdraw4 = string.split(line, "\t")
>>
>>    #read deposits from file on line4
>>    line = infile.readline()
>>    #split deposits up
>>    deposit1, deposit2, deposit3 = string.split(line, "\t")
>>
>> I have 4 strings to match line 3 and 3 to match the 3 on line 4...any
>> thoughts?
>>     
>
> A string.split returns a list so you don't have to know how many
> elements there are beforehand.  A simple example
> withdraw = line.split("\t")
> if len(withdraw) == 3:
>    match_3(withdraw)
> elif len(withdraw) == 4::
>    match_4(withdraw)
> else:
>    print "line.split() is not 3 or 4", withdraw

Right, and then because error was caused for an unexpected extra tab you 
made the deposit pass as a withdrawal...
Not everybody trades just Zen :)

(tip: the unpacking mystery has been solved earlier this day)

Regards,
Pablo