On 30/12/12 23:25:39, Evan Driscoll wrote: > On 12/30/2012 4:19 PM, Hans Mulder wrote: >> If it's okay to modify the original list, you can simply do: >> >> l[0] = split(l[0], ", ") >> >> If modifying the original is not okay, the simple solution would >> be to copy it first: >> >> l2 = l >> l2[0] = split(l2[0], ", ") > > Um, that doesn't copy the list:
Oops, you're right. >>>> l = ["C100, C117", "X7R ..."] >>>> l2 = l >>>> import string >>>> l2[0] = string.split(l2[0], ", ") >>>> l > [['C100', 'C117'], 'X7R ...'] >>>> l2 > [['C100', 'C117'], 'X7R ...'] > > To make a copy of a list you can either use slice syntax (l2 = l[:]) or > call the list constructor (l2 = list(l)). Thanks for correcting me, -- HansM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
