Dag schrieb: > I have a problem which is probaly very simple to solve, but I can't > find a nice solution. > I have the following code > > class Test: > def __init__(self): > self.a=[1,2,3,4] > self.b=self.a > def swap(self): > self.a[0],self.a[3]=self.a[3],self.a[0] > def prnt(self): > print self.a > print self.b > c=Test() > c.swap() > c.prnt() > > which returns > [4,2,3,1] > [4,2,3,1] > > Now I understand why it is doing this, but it's not what I want. How to > I get it to return > [4,2,3,1] > [1,2,3,4] > > Dag
Use a copy of self.a: self.b = self.a[:] Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list