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...

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.

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 extend function will append all elements of the parameter to the list. When doing foo += something you're modifying the list foo in place, thus you don't change the reference that the name foo points to, …

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If your list of lists comes from a nested list comprehension, the problem can be solved more simply/directly by fixing the comprehension; please see How can I get a flat result from a 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?

List<int> list = new List<int>(); list.Add(6); List.Add(8); I know that in a List you can have the generic type so you can pass in any type that you cannot do in an Array but my exact questions are: Where would …