On Jan 24, 9:36 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have run into a bit of a subtle problem. How do I go about > duplicating a variable (particularly a list of lists) in python. I > was surprised when simple assignment didn't work. For example, let y = > [1,2,3] > > >>> x = y > >>> x[2] = 5 > >>> y > > [1,2,5] > > It seems that simply assigning x to y allows further modification of y > via x. (I'm new to python and I'm sure this is obvious to experienced > users). So my question, how do I go about duplicating a variable > which I can then manipulate independently? > > Thanks, > > -Hans
Ah, found the copy module... Much better. Thanks, -Hans -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
