title: For loop for second items in list of lists only. (python)
body: <h2>What I have</h2>
  
  <p>is something like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>def mymethod():
      return [[1,2,3,4],
              [1,2,3,4],
              [1,2,3,4],
              [1,2,3,4]]
  
  mylist = mymethod()
  
  for _, thing, _, _ in mylist:
      print thing
  
  # this bit is meant to be outside the for loop, 
  # I mean it to represent the last value thing was in the for
  if thing:
      print thing
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>What I want</h2>
  
  <p>what I want to do is avoid the dummy variables, is there a smarter way to do this than</p>
  
  <pre><code>for thing in mylist:
      print thing[1]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>because then i would have to use <code>thing[1]</code> any other time I needed it, without assigning it to a new variable and then things are just getting messy.</p>
  
  <p>newish to python so sorry if I'm missing something obvious</p>