please explain this behavior to a newb:
a = [1,2,3,4]
b = [a,b,c,d]
a
[1, 2, 3, 4]
b
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
a[0:2]
[1, 2]
a
[1, 2, 3, 4]
b[2:4]
['c', 'd']
a[0:2] = b[0:2]
b[2:4] = a[2:4]
a
['a', 'b', 3, 4]
b
['a', 'b', 3, 4]
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On Sep 20, 2:20 pm, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
please explain this behavior to a newb:
a = [1,2,3,4]
b = [a,b,c,d]
a
[1, 2, 3, 4]
b
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
a[0:2]
[1, 2]
a
[1, 2, 3, 4]
b[2:4]
['c', 'd']
a[0:2] = b[0:2]
b[2:4] = a[2:4]
a
['a', 'b', 3, 4]
b
['a',
Andrew wrote:
please explain this behavior to a newb:
Read the section on sequence slicing in the Library Reference. Use the
interactive interpreter or IDLE to perform experiments, like you did,
until you understand to your satisfaction.
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:20:20 -0700 (PDT), Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
please explain this behavior to a newb:
a = [1,2,3,4]
b = [a,b,c,d]
a[0:2] = b[0:2]
The slice [0:2] represent positions 0 = x 2
Replaces the [1, 2] from [1, 2, 3, 4] with ['a', 'b']
Result: a = ['a', 'b', 3, 4]
