Understanding While Loop Execution

2008-02-18 Thread Brad
Hi folks, I'm still fairly new to programming in python and programming in general. A friend of mine is in a CompSci 101 course and was working on a slider game when he encountered a problem. We eventually figured out what the problem was and built a test case to help solve it, but I can't for

Re: Understanding While Loop Execution

2008-02-18 Thread Gary Herron
Brad wrote: Hi folks, I'm still fairly new to programming in python and programming in general. A friend of mine is in a CompSci 101 course and was working on a slider game when he encountered a problem. We eventually figured out what the problem was and built a test case to help solve it,

Re: Understanding While Loop Execution

2008-02-18 Thread 7stud
On Feb 18, 4:53 pm, Gary Herron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad wrote: Hi folks, I'm still fairly new to programming in python and programming in general. a = [1, 2, 3] b = a print a print b print a[0] = 100 print a print b --output:-- [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [100, 2, 3] [100, 2, 3] --

Re: Understanding While Loop Execution

2008-02-18 Thread Tim Roberts
Gary Herron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So in the following code, the list named full does not have 3 copies of sub in it, but rather it has 3 *references* to the single list named sub. Since we are being picky here, it's more accurate to say that the list full contains 3 references to the list