can I get multiple return values from inline for?

Question

Is it possible to get multiple return values from inline for? eg,:

a,b=[(1,2) for _ in range(3)]

such that:

a=[1,1,1]
b=[2,2,2]

Answer 1

You can use the zip function

>>> a, b = zip(*[(1,2) for _ in range(3)])
>>> a
(1, 1, 1)
>>> b
(2, 2, 2)

or also

>>> a, b = [1]*3, [2]*3
>>> a
[1, 1, 1]
>>> b
[2, 2, 2]
>>> 

Answer 2

The zip built-in can be kind of "abused" to yield this kind of output:

In [203]: a, b = zip(*((1,2) for _ in range(3)))                                                                       

In [204]: a                                                                                                            
Out[204]: (1, 1, 1)

In [205]: b                                                                                                            
Out[205]: (2, 2, 2)