Ixiaus wrote: > I have recently (today) just started learning/playing with Python. So > far I am excited and impressed (coming from PHP background). > > I have a few questions regarding Python behavior... > > val = 'string' > li = list(val) > print li.reverse() > > returns nothing, but, > > val = 'string' > li = list(val) > li.reverse() > print li > > returns what I want. Why does Python do that? > > Also I have been playing around with Binary math and noticed that > Python treats: > > val = 00110 > > as the integer 72 instead of returning 00110, why does Python do that? > (and how can I get around it?) > > Grateful for any replies!
li.reverse does not return a list but reverses the list itself and return Noe 0xxx tells python that you work in octal. hg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
