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Python Question

Is there a way to split a tuple into different variables. i.e. male_names and female_names
['John','Sarah']
I have a bunch of tuples with girls and guys names from a regular expression
and I need to use them separately.

Answer 1

if you had, say:
names=['John', 'Sarah']
then you could just use:
male=names[0]
female=names[1]

Answer 2

or do you mean your tuple is more like:
names=['male1', 'female1', 'male2', 'female2', ...]

Answer 3

yea my tuple is more like your second example.

Answer 4

ok, then you could use list comprehensions as follows:
names=['male1', 'female1', 'male2', 'female2', ...]
male_names = [names[i] for i in range(0, len(names)) if i % 2 == 1]
female_names = [names[i] for i in range(0, len(names)) if i % 2 == 1]

Answer 5

thanks that works

Answer 6

yw