basic python with Django

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I'm currently reading some of the Django docs and I've come across this

    obj, created = Person.objects.get_or_create(first_name='John', last_name='Lennon',
              defaults={'birthday': date(1940, 10, 9)})

I'm still learning python in the process. I'm a bit confused with the "obj, created = " part of the code. I assume that both "obj" and "created" perform

    Person.objects.get_or_create(first_name='John', last_name='Lennon',
              defaults={'birthday': date(1940, 10, 9)})

Paul Tomblin · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-24 01:49:35Z

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Person.objects.get_or_create returns two values, which are assigned into obj and created respectively. obj is the actual object that was gotten or created, and created is a flag that tells you if it was created (or gotten).

answered Aug 24, 2013 at 1:49

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Paul Tomblin Over a year ago

Returning multiple items from a function is one of the things that I liked in Perl when I did it, and I missed in C++ and Java. Faking with with structs or classes was really bogus.

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