Zhenhai Zhang wrote: > Really weired; Here is my code: > > a = ["a", 1, 3, 4] > print "a:", a > > c = copy(a) > c[0] = "c" > c[1] = 2 > print "c:", c > print "a:",a > > output as follows: > > a: ['a', 1, 3, 4] > c: ['c' '2' '3' '4'] > a: ['a', 1, 3, 4] > > Btw, I'm using python 2.5. I'm very curious why the copied list changed > data type.
It doesn't. This must be some effect of you toying around and forgetting some steps. >>> import copy >>> print "a:", a a: ['a', 1, 3, 4] >>> c = copy.copy(a) >>> c[0] = "c" >>> c[1] = 2 >>> print "c:", c c: ['c', 2, 3, 4] Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
