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--- python [2021/01/22 21:04] – [Convert strings to datetime] roger
+++ python [2026/03/27 00:52] (current) – Update deprecated Python 2.7 assert methods to Python 3 equivalents roger
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 | assertNotIsInstance      | not is instance(a,b)                    | 2.7 |
 | assertRaises             | fun(*args,**kwds) raises exc            |     |
-| assertRaisesRegexp       | fun(*args,**kwds) raises exc(regex)     | 2.7 |
+| assertRaisesRegex        | fun(*args,**kwds) raises exc(regex)     | 3.2 |
 | assertAlmostEqual        | round(a-b,7) == 0                       |     |
 | assertNotAlmostEqual     | round(a-b,7) != 0                       |     |
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 | assertLess               | a < b                                   | 2.7 |
 | assertLessEqual          | a <= b                                  | 2.7 |
-| assertRegexpMatches      | r.search(s)                             | 2.7 |
+| assertRegex              | r.search(s)                             | 3.2 |
-| assertNotRegexpMatches   | not r.search(s)                         | 2.7 |
+| assertNotRegex           | not r.search(s)                         | 3.2 |
-| assertItemsEqual         | sorted(a) == sorted(b)                  | 2.7 |
+| assertCountEqual         | sorted(a) == sorted(b)                  | 3.2 |
-| assertDictContainsSubset | all the key/value pairs in a exist in b | 2.7 |
+| assertDictContainsSubset | all the key/value pairs in a exist in b | 2.7 (removed in 3.2) |
 | assertMultiLineEqual     | strings                                 | 2.7 |
 | assertSequenceEqual      | sequences                               | 2.7 |
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 print('yay!') if today == 'friday' else print('boo')
 >>> yay!
+</code>
+==== Unpack extras on a tuple or list ====
+<code python>
+t = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)
+a, b, *c = t
+print(a)
+print(b)
+print(c)
+# 0
+# 1
+# [2, 3, 4]
+print(type(c))
+# <class 'list'>
+a, *b, c = t
+print(a)
+print(b)
+print(c)
+# 0
+# [1, 2, 3]
+# 4
+*a, b, c = t
+print(a)
+print(b)
+print(c)
+# [0, 1, 2]
+# 3
+# 4
 </code>