Hi there I'm being very dumb ... how can I simplify this fragment? if arglist: arglist.pop(0) if arglist: self.myparm1 = arglist.pop(0) if arglist: self.myparm2 = arglist.pop(0) if arglist: self.myparm3 = arglist.pop(0) if arglist: self.parm4 = arglist.pop(0) # ... Thanks J^n