Re: [julia-users] `(,a) = (1,2)` returns an error

[Sisyphuss]

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:44:58 PM UTC+1, Yichao Yu wrote:
>
> > I have a function that returns a tuple. 
> > But I only want the second value of this tuple. 
> > So I tried `(,a) =f()`. But it does not work. 
> > 
> > I'd like to is there any syntax which works? 
> > Note `(a,) = (1,2)` does work. 
>
> I don't think it's too useful.... you can just do `a = f()[2]` or `_, a = 
> f()` 
>
In the second example, it will overwrite `_`.