Write one line of code ONLY. Create two variables named item 1, item2. Assign the value pen to item1 and pencil to item2

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**Task:** Write one line of code ONLY.

Create two variables named `item1`, `item2`. Assign the value "pen" to `item1` and "pencil" to `item2`.
Transcribed Image Text:**Task:** Write one line of code ONLY. Create two variables named `item1`, `item2`. Assign the value "pen" to `item1` and "pencil" to `item2`.
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item1, item2 = "pen",  "pencil" 

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item1, item2 = "pen",  "pencil" 

  • Above statement assigns "pen" to variable item1 and "pencil" to item2 variable.
  • This multiple assignment statement is tuple unpacking.
    • Internally tuple of "pen", "pencil" is created.
    • Then the looping is done over the tuple 
    • Then assignment is done to both variables item1 and item2
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