You can utilize unpacking by passing a slice as an argument in Python by using the * operator before the slice variable. For example:
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
# Unpacking the first two elements of my_list
a, b = my_list[:2]
print(a, b) # Output: 1 2
# Unpacking the last three elements of my_list
c, d, e = my_list[-3:]
print(c, d, e) # Output: 3 4 5
# Passing a slice as an argument using unpacking
def my_function(x, y, z):
print(x, y, z)
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
my_function(*my_list[2:5]) # Output: 3 4 5
In this example, we use slicing to select a subset of elements from my_list, and then use unpacking to assign those elements to separate variables. We can also pass the sliced subset of elements to a function using unpacking.
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Last updated: Jun 18 '23