Python Tuple Unpacking

Question

If I have

 nums_and_words = [(1, \'one\'), (2, \'two\'), (3, \'three\')]

and would like

nums = [1, 2, 3]
words= [\'one\', \         


        

Answer 1

Just unzip and create lists:

nums = list(zip(*nums_and_words)[0])
word = list(zip(*nums_and_words)[1])

See the zip documentation.