What does ,err do?

For the following request, what does the , err do?

data_grid, err = ek.get_data(['IBM', 'GOOG.O', 'MSFT.O'],
                             ['TR.TotalReturnYTD', 'TR.WACCBeta', 'YRHIGH', 'YRLOW'])

I notice when keeping ' ,err' the dataframe is displayed in a nice format in my Jupyter Notebook whereas without it looks to be formatted in a tuple or something. Any explanation would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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chavalit-jintamalit

Hi @bill39

For more information, please visit https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_tuples.asp

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chavalit-jintamalit

Hi @bill39

Please refer to https://docs-developers.refinitiv.com/1594578614762/14684/book/en/eikon/index.html#get_data

For example:

bill39

Hi @chavalit.jintamalit,

Why is my output a tuple when I don't write ", err" but a dataframe when I do?

Thanks

chavalit-jintamalit

Hi @bill39

You can access by index.

chavalit-jintamalit

Hi @bill39

For more information, please visit https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_tuples.asp

bill39

Ah I see thank you! So by using the comma we are returning the dataframe to df and the list of errors to err.

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