On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 04:10:45PM +1000, Amit Saha wrote:
> It didn't have to do with strings. It was a basic example of using
> append() which is to start with an empty list and and then build it
> incrementally:
>
> >>> l = [ ]
> >>> l.append(1)
> # append more
If this is literally what the code does, then it's fat and slow and
should be replaced with this:
# not this
l = []
l.append(1)
l.append(2)
l.append(x)
l.append(y)
# this is even worse, despite being shorter
l = []
for item in [1, 2, x, y]:
l.append(item)
# this is the way to do it
l = [1, 2, x, y]
But without seeing the specific code in question, it is impossible to
judge whether you are using append appropriately or not.
--
Steven
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