Question

The code I’m currently using is:

def f(*args):
    lst=[str(i) for i in args]
    if len(lst)==1:lst = lst[0]
    return lst

What I would like is:

a=f(1) #'1', not [1]

a,b = f(1,2) #'1', '2'

Only one argument would be a list, which would be represented by a.

What alternative exists aside from using an if statement?

Answer 1

Yes:

return lst[0] if len(lst) == 1 else lst