Lou Pecora wrote: > In article <mailman.7691.1232554737.3487.python-l...@python.org>, > Philip Semanchuk <phi...@semanchuk.com> wrote: > >> Other answers have been good; to them I'll add the comment that list >> comprehensions are for *constructing* lists, not manipulating the >> elements thereof. >> >> HTH >> Philip > > > Well this seems to work just fine. What am I missing: > > A=[1,2,3] > print A > A=[2*a for a in A] > print A > The fact that the lists to be multiplied are attributes of a list of objects, and therefore aren't themselves a list. Look more closely at the original poster's question.
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