On Monday, 16. September 2002 18:23, Joseph Paish wrote: > nbr1, nbr2, nbr3 = merged_rec[0, 3, 4] You would have to write nbr1, nbr2, nbr3 = merged_rec[0], merged_rec[3], merged_rec[4] as you are only allowed to specify integers or ranges like [2:6] as an index to lists. Have fun, willi