function - Ignore python multiple return value

Question

Say I have a Python function that returns multiple values in a tuple:

def func():
    return 1, 2

Is there a nice way to ignore one of the results rather than just assigning to a temporary variable? Say if I was only interested in the first value, is there a better way than this:

x, temp = func()

Answer 1

You can use x = func()[0] to return the first value, x = func()[1] to return the second, and so on.

If you want to get multiple values at a time, use something like x, y = func()[2:4].