Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I need to unpack this into three seperate arrays called name, fields,
> valid. The old code looked like this:
You're using lists, not arrays. If you DID want arrays, you'd have to
import standard library module array, and you'd be limited to a few
> A second question is: When can you use += vs .append().
> Are the two always the same?
They are never the same unless you only add one item to the list.
append() will only increase the length of a list by 1.
la = [1,2]
lb = [3, 4, 5]
la += lb
print la
lc = [1,2]
lc.append(lb)
print lc
--outpu
On May 5, 7:03 am, "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is more for my education and not so much for practicality.
>
[snip]
>
> A second question is: When can you use += vs .append(). Are the two always
> the same?
>
Formally, they can never be the same. They can be used to produce th
