<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | I can use list comprehension to create list quickly. So I expected that I | can created tuple quickly with the same syntax. But I found that the | same syntax will get a generator, not a tuple. Here is my example: | | In [147]: a = (i for i in range(10)) | | In [148]: b = [i for i in range(10)] | | In [149]: type(a) | Out[149]: <type 'generator'> | | In [150]: type(b) | Out[150]: <type 'list'> | | Is there a way to create a tuple like (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) | quickly? I already I can use tuple() on a list which is created by list | comprehension to get a desired tuple.
But why do you 'desire' a tuple (rather than a list)? There are only a few situations where it makes a difference. One is dictionary keys, but a sequnce of several, rather that a few, is not typical of keys. tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
