bestelbus22The meaning of `this`
In Python you can use this as a variable name
You can use anything that doesn’t start with a digit or punctuation as a variable name (underscore beginning also allowed) unless it’s a keyword.
_ (sic) as a variable name is often used when a function returns multiple outputs but you only want one
def my_function return 1, 2, 3 _, two, _ = my_function()Underscore alone is a special variable name and I’m pretty sure anything assigned to it goes straight to garbage collection. Whereas
_myvariable is typically use to indicate a “private” class variable or method (Python doesn’t have private so it’s just a convention).
_ can also be used in the python interactive terminal to mean ‘last return value’
Ie:
> 'string' 'string' > a = _ > print(a) string