Lists and Tuples and Much More

I'm going to start grouping all my questions in one post as this is my second today, and sorta makes me feel dumb to keep having to bother you all with trivial questions. I'll just seperate my questions with:

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Scott: Others will give you many more answers, here is just a bit. > And how would you sort the list that's in the list? I guess that goes in > conjunction with the section above, but still: >>> my_list = [6, 4, 3, 5, 2, 1] > >>> my_list.append([7, 9, 8, 10]) > >>> my_list.sort() > >>> my_list >

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> And the last example brings up another question. What's the deal with a > tupple that has a list in it such as: > > >>>my_tupple = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [6, 7, 8, 9]) > > Now I read somewhere that you could change the list inside that tupple. But > I can't find any documentation that describes HOW to

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> Now I read somewhere that you could change the > list inside that tupple. But I can't find any > documentation that describes HOW to do it. t = (1, 2, ["red", "white"]) t[2][1] = "purple" print t t[2] returns the list, so the second line is equivalent to: lst = t[2] lst[1] = "purple" That is

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"Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm going to start grouping all my questions in one post as this is > my second today, and sorta makes me feel dumb to keep having to > bother you all with trivial questions. No, please don't do that. Separate questions leading to separate discussions should

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En Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:38:55 -0300, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > List's and Tuple's > I don't see the distinction between the two. I mean, I understand that a > list is mutable and a tuple is immutable. > The thing that I dont understand about them is what, besides that, > seperates

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> Yes. Tuples are immutable - once created, they can't change. Just to explain that statement a little better. If you do this: t = (1, 2, ["red", "white"]) t[2].append("purple") print t#(1, 2, ['red', 'white', 'purple']) It sure looks like t changed, and therefore t is NOT immutable--and

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On Apr 12, 5:38 pm, "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to start grouping all my questions in one post as this is my > second today, and sorta makes me feel dumb to keep having to bother you all > with trivial questions. I'll just seperate my questions with: > ---

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Scott wrote: > Now I read somewhere that you could change the list inside that tupple. But > I can't find any documentation that describes HOW to do it. The only things > I CAN find on the subject say, "Don't do it because its more trouble than > it's worth." But that doesn't matter to me, be

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On Apr 12, 5:38 pm, "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to start grouping all my questions in one post as this is my > second today, and sorta makes me feel dumb to keep having to bother you all > with trivial questions. You might also investigate the python tutorial mailing list, which

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:01:51 -0700, bearophileHUGS wrote: >> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [7, 9, 8, 10]] > > Such sorting may be impossible in Python 3.0 (comparing the order of > lists with integers may be seen as meaningless. Otherwise you can see > single numbers as lists of len=1, like another language

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"7stud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yes. Tuples are immutable - once created, they can't change. > > Just to explain that statement a little better. If you do this: > > > t = (1, 2, ["red", "white"]) > t[2].append("purple") > print t#(1, 2, ['red', 'white',

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"7stud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .. But using a tuple as a > key in a dictionary is probably something you will never do. Yikes! I do this all the time... Think of an address in any one town. It has a Street, and a number (could be more complex, like a sub number for an apartme

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Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > > "7stud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>.. But using a tuple as a >>key in a dictionary is probably something you will never do. > > > Yikes! I do this all the time... > > Think of an address in any one town. > It has a Street, and a number > (could

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7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sure looks like t changed, and therefore t is NOT immutable--and > the whole "tuples are immutable" mantra is a lie. However, the list """ So, "the statue that points to Hotel Belfiore" h

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"James Stroud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > > > > But if you limit it to one thing and its inverse, its quite useful, and it > > would be nice to have one "doubledict" that can be accessed as speedily > > from either end... > > > > Sort of an internally linked list of