Easy way to print last assignment in cell?

Notebook
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A common pattern in my notebooks is cells ending with

my_var = STUFF
my_var

or equivalently

display(my_var := STUFF)

I would prefer if I could instead end the cell with

my_var := STUFF

or something similarly short.

Is there a way to resolve this annoyance?

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This is an upstream wontfix from CPython, as discussed on IPython.

The workaround is to wrap the assignment in a parenthesis, e.g.

(x := 1)
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Thanks for sharing.

I found a solution on the discussion you linked: I now run
config InteractiveShell.ast_node_interactivity=‘last_expr_or_assign’
automatically every session.

Let’s hope this won’t have unpleasant side effects :slight_smile:

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unpleasant side effects

really just the ones cited on the upstream CPython, where the syntax is less portable.