Esmail wrote:
<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Diez B.
Roggisch wrote:
Esmail schrieb:
Could someone help confirm/clarify the semantics of the [:] operator
in Python?
a = range(51,55)
############# 1 ##################
b = a[:] # b receives a copy of a, but they are independent
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Semi-aside, if I wanted to make local copy of a list sent to me as a
parameter, which of these is the most appropriate to use (I don't want
changes to change the original list sent).
Thanks again.
(1) is most appropriate in that case. In fact, unless there is other
code mixed in between, it's always the most appropriate.
DaveA
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