On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Steve Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that's what I was trying (incorrectly) to achieve the above example. > but how can I do this for an arbitrary number of objects in a list? > > I have a list x = [a,b,c] and a list y = [d,e,f], both filled with > instance objects. Note that lists don't contain objects, they contain references to objects. > I want the instance at x[n] to reference the > instance at y[n] This doesn't really make sense, if x[n] and y[n] are the same type of object. You can have x[n] and y[n] reference the same object, or you can have them reference different objects with the same value. > n = 0 > while n < range(len(x)) > x[n] = y[n] > n+=1 That seems to do what you want. After this loop, x[n] and y[n] will refer to the same object. How is it not? I think you still misunderstand what objects and lists and references are, and this misunderstanding is making it hard to for me to understand what you are really trying to accomplish. Perhaps you can give a slightly longer example with real classes and lists, perhaps one that doesn't do what you want, and we can correct it. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
