Python return two separate objects in one 'return'

Question

Is it possible to return two separate object in one 'return' statement? I have tried below but I get 'tuple' object.

recipient, user = authenticate(mobile=mobile, email=email)

Function:

def authenticate(self, mobile=None, email=None):
     user = Recipient.objects.recipient_friend_match(mobile, email)
     return user[0], user

You can only ever return one thing, but that one thing can be a tuple, which you can unpack at the call site (i.e. what you're doing with recipient, user ). — roippi
– roippi, Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 7:34
Your code should work, but why return user[0] separately when it's already included in user? — Tim Pietzcker
– Tim Pietzcker, Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 7:36

WeizhongTu · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-26 14:38:59Z

2

return tuple is right,you can get them like this

def fun():
    a = 4
    b = [1,2,3,4]
    return a,b # equals to return (a,b)

a,b=fun()

just print a and b to see the results

answered Feb 26, 2014 at 8:26

WeizhongTu

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if more,like this, a,b,c,d,e = [1,2,3,4,5] # or (1,2,3,4,5)

samuel161 · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-01 07:36:52Z

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or you can use dict like this

def fun():
    a = 1
    b = 2
    return dict(x=a, y=b)

answered Mar 1, 2020 at 7:36

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