title: Invalid syntax python starred expressions
body: <p>I am trying to unpack set of phone numbers from a sequence, python shell in turn throws an invalid syntax error. I am using python 2.7.1. Here is the snippet</p>
  
  <pre><code> &gt;&gt;&gt; record = ('Dave', 'dave@example.com', '773-555-1212', '847-555-1212')
   &gt;&gt;&gt; name, email, *phone-numbers = record
   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
   &gt;&gt;&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please explain. Is there any other way of doing the same?</p>