John Salerno wrote: > Let me apologize in advance for what I'm sure is an achingly simple > question, but I just can't find the answer in either of my Python books. > I've tried a few tests with the interactive prompt, but they don't work > either. > > All I'm trying to do is insert an item into a list, like so: > > L = [1, 2, 4] > > and I want to insert the integer 3 into the position L[2], so that the > list reads [1, 2, 3, 4] > > I've tried all kinds of combinations of slicing assignment, but I always > get: > > TypeError: can only assign an iterable > > Can someone please embarrass me with the simple answer? :)
>>> l = [1,2,3] >>> l.insert(2, 10) >>> l [1, 2, 10, 3] >>> Embarrasing enough? Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
