// Extracts the angle - axis rotation from the transform rotation
    var angle = 0.0;
    var axis = Vector3.zero;
    transform.rotation.ToAngleAxis(angle, axis);

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public float angle = 0.0F;
    public Vector3 axis = Vector3.zero;
    void Example() {
        transform.rotation.ToAngleAxis(out angle, out axis);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public angle as single = 0.0F

    public axis as Vector3 = Vector3.zero

    def Example():
        transform.rotation.ToAngleAxis(angle, axis)