On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > "inserted" is called addition, together with list slicing when needed. > > newlist = [item_to_insert] + oldlist > newlist = oldlist[0:5] + [item_to_insert] + oldlist[5:]
Really? Wouldn't it be easier to use slice assignment on a copy? newlist = oldlist[:]; newlist[pos:pos] = [item_to_insert] Actually, come to think of it, that scores about the same on readability. Six of one, half dozen of the other. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
