En Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:08:06 -0300, Penny Y. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
>> lines[:] = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in lines]
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> why not just:
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> lines = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in lines]
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>
> what's the difference between lines[:] and lines here? Thanks.
My version (using [:]) replaces the *contents* of the original list, but
the list itself remains the same object.
Yours (without the [:]) reasigns a new list to the old name; the
*contents* are the same as the former version, but now the name "lines"
refers to a different list.
Depending on the context, the difference may be important or not.
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