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I'm confused by a bit of Python iteration; it looks extremely terse & useful, but I can't see what's happening.
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#!/usr/bin/env python
from instagram.client import InstagramAPI
access_token = '[this space intentionally left blank]'
api = InstagramAPI(access_token=access_token)
recent_media, next = api.user_recent_media() # What's happening here? I don't understand syntax
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nicokruithof commented Sep 18, 2013

Python probably returns a pair [element, remainder of the list]. You split it in two variables with this assignment.

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