More elegant way of declaring multiple variables at the same time

Question

To declare multiple variables at the \"same time\" I would do:

a, b = True, False

But if I had to declare much more variables, it turns les

Answer 1

What's the problem , in fact ?

If you really need or want 10 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j , there will be no other possibility, at a time or another, to write a and write b and write c.....

If the values are all different, you will be obliged to write for exemple

a = 12
b= 'sun'
c = A() #(where A is a class)
d = range(1,102,5)
e = (line in filehandler if line.rstrip())
f = 0,12358
g = True
h = random.choice
i = re.compile('^(!=  ab).+?')
j = [78,89,90,0]

that is to say defining the "variables" individually.

Or , using another writing, no need to use _ :

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j =\
12,'sun',A(),range(1,102,5),\
(line for line in filehandler if line.rstrip()),\
0.12358,True,random.choice,\
re.compile('^(!=  ab).+?'),[78,89,90,0]

or

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j =\
(12,'sun',A(),range(1,102,5),
 (line for line in filehandler if line.rstrip()),
 0.12358,True,random.choice,
 re.compile('^(!=  ab).+?'),[78,89,90,0])

.

If some of them must have the same value, is the problem that it's too long to write

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j = True, True, True, True, True, False, True ,True , True, True 

?

Then you can write:

a=b=c=d=e=g=h=i=k=j=True
f = False

.

I don't understand what is exactly your problem. If you want to write a code, you're obliged to use the characters required by the writing of the instructions and definitions. What else ?

I wonder if your question isn't the sign that you misunderstand something.

When one writes a = 10 , one don't create a variable in the sense of "chunk of memory whose value can change". This instruction:

• either triggers the creation of an object of type integer and value 10 and the binding of a name 'a' with this object in the current namespace

• or re-assign the name 'a' in the namespace to the object 10 (because 'a' was precedently binded to another object)

I say that because I don't see the utility to define 10 identifiers a,b,c... pointing to False or True. If these values don't change during the execution, why 10 identifiers ? And if they change, why defining the identifiers first ?, they will be created when needed if not priorly defined

Your question appears weird to me