bob gailer wrote: > washakie wrote: > >> Could someone please explain 'slices' also for dictionaries? >> >> basically, I'd like to know how you would call every 3rd element in a list >> of lists... >> Call? Do you mean that these elements are callable objects (e.g. functions) which you want to "call", or are you just trying to get a list of the elements? My answer below addresses the 2nd meaning.
>> My logic says: ThirdElems=List[:][2] >> >> Which to me reads, for every item in List (which are lists), return the >> third item. >> >> > That is wishful reading. No basis in reality. List[:] gives you a > shallow copy of List. [2] then refers to the 3rd element of that copy. > > Try: [sublist[2] for sublist in List] > > -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
