I'm new to programming, and trying to learn the Python language.
The following code does what I want it to do, but I have not idea how it
works.
def scanList(names,temp):
for i in names:
temp[i] = 0
print temp
Names = []
temp = {}
I have a list of names (Names[]) and want to remove duplicate names in
the list. Here is what I think is happening (please correct me if I'm
wrong, or using the wrong technical terminology): I'm passing the
variables Names and temp as arguments to the scanList function. The
statement (for i in names:) is an iteration going through each item in
the list. The next statement (temp[i] = 0) is where I get confused.
Can someone please explain what is happening here.
Thanks for your help.
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