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Unpacking the items of tuples

In this section, we will learn how to unpack the tuple variable. Let's learn by example: 

>>> tup1 = (1,2,3)>>> a,b,c = tup1>>> a1>>> b2>>> c3

In the preceding example, tuple's items have been assigned to a, b, and c variables correspondingly. 

What happens if you use more number of variables than the number of items in a tuple. Let's see more examples:

>>> tup2 = (5,6)>>> x,y,z = tup2Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module> x,y,z = tup2ValueError: need more than 2 values to unpack

So, interpreter throws a ValueError. 

What happens if you use less number of variables than the number of items in a tuple. Let's see more examples:

>>> tup2 = (5,6)>>> x,y,z = tup2Traceback ...