Oct 5, 2012 · By using a : colon in the list index, you are asking for a slice, which is always another list. In Python you can assign values to both an individual item in a list, and to a slice of the list.
I have a piece of code here that is supposed to return the least common element in a list of elements, ordered by commonality: def getSingle(arr): from collections import Counter c = Counte.
The first, [:], is creating a slice (normally often used for getting just part of a list), which happens to contain the entire list, and thus is effectively a copy of the list. The second, list(), is using the actual.
Nov 2, 2010 · When reading, list is a reference to the original list, and list[:] shallow-copies the list. When assigning, list (re)binds the name and list[:] slice-assigns, replacing what was previously in the list..
The first way works for a list or a string; the second way only works for a list, because slice assignment isn't allowed for strings. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks like it's a little.
The notation List<?> means "a list of something (but I'm not saying what)". Since the code in test works for any kind of object in the list, this works as a formal method parameter. Using a type parameter.
Apr 17, 2012 · I have a Git repository. This repository has multiple remote repositories (I think). How can I get a list of the remote repositories that belong to said repository? Like git list --remotes or some.
Mar 20, 2013 · It gets all the elements from the list (or characters from a string) but the last element. : represents going through the list -1 implies the last element of the list
Closed 1 year ago. Why is the output of the following two list comprehensions different, even though f and the lambda function are the same?
