On May 15, 5:35 am, Steven D'Aprano
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 May 2007 09:49:56 -0700, Thomas Nelson wrote:
> > The thing is that [x for x in List[1:]...] is a brand new list created
> > by iterating over the old one.
> > How about:
> > qSortHelp(List):
> > newlist = qSort(List)
>
I see. I figured that list comprehensions made another list(duh), but
I thought I could relink the object(List) to the new list and keep it
once the function ended.
Is it possible to pass a reference(to an object.. Like 'List',
basically) to a function and change the reference to point to
somethin
I have the following implementations of quicksort and insertion sort:
def qSort(List):
if List == []: return []
return qSort([x for x in List[1:] if x< List[0]]) + List[0:1] + \
qSort([x for x in List[1:] if x>=List[0]])
def insertSort(List):
for i in range(1,len(List)):
