Python - is there a “don't care” symbol for tuple assignments?

Question

Given a string \"VAR=value\" I want to split it (only) at the first \'=\' sign (< value > may contain more \'=\' signs), something like this:

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Answer 1

As others have said, underscore (_) is the standard. But if underscore is being used for translations, I think double underscore is the best alternative.

var, __, value = "VAR=value".partition('=')

Better than these:

var, unused, value = "VAR=value".partition('=')

var, unused_del, value = "VAR=value".partition('=')

var, _del, value = "VAR=value".partition('=')