In [1]:

    

a = list(range(5))
a


    

    
Out[1]:





[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

In [2]:

    

b, *c = a


    

In [3]:

    

b


    

    
Out[3]:





0

In [4]:

    

c


    

    
Out[4]:





[1, 2, 3, 4]

In [5]:

    

b, *c, d = a


    

In [6]:

    

b, d


    

    
Out[6]:





(0, 4)

In [7]:

    

c


    

    
Out[7]:





[1, 2, 3]

In [8]:

    

a = tuple(range(5))
b, *c, d = a
c


    

    
Out[8]:





[1, 2, 3]

In [9]:

    

a = range(5)
b, *c, d = a
c


    

    
Out[9]:





[1, 2, 3]

In [10]:

    

a = range(5)
b, *c, d = a
c


    

    
Out[10]:





[1, 2, 3]

In [11]:

    

for line in open('20150410-dojo-prices.txt'):
    print(repr(line))


    

    




'IBM 3\n'
'AAPL 3.1415926\n'
'GOGL 10\n'

In [12]:

    

b, *c = open('20150410-dojo-prices.txt')
b, c


    

    
Out[12]:





('IBM 3\n', ['AAPL 3.1415926\n', 'GOGL 10\n'])