On Jul 17, 12:55 pm, kj <so... at 987jk.com.invalid> wrote: > I still don't get it. If we write > > y = 'Y' > x, = y > > what's the difference now between x and y? And if there's no > difference, what's the point of performing such "unpacking"? > Try: y = "abc" x, = y You were unpacking y into ('Y',)