Re: unpack

["Alex Queiroz" <asandroq@...>]

Hallo,

On 6/21/07, Robert Ward <r.ward@bangor.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was puzzled by the results of unpack, below
> > x = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'}
> > y = {'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}
> > print(unpack(x), unpack(y))
> --> a       v       w       x       y       z
>
> Since unpack returns all the table elements, I was expecting to see
> a   b   c   d   e   v   w   x   y   z
>
> Is there a simple explanation of the principle at work here?
> Thanks!

    In a function call, all arguments that return lists are
truncated, but the last.

Cheers,
--
-alex
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