Syntax: pointers versus value

Tino Lange tl_news at nexgo.de
Wed Jul 30 13:03:49 EDT 2003


On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:46:43 -0400, Danny Castonguay
<castong at mathstat.concordia.ca> wrote:

Hi!

> Clearly, "listB = listA" 
>creates the problem.  listB and listA become two pointers to the same 
>object. 

Exactly.

> How then, do I duplicate the two objects; ie make a copy of the 
>  object that listA is pointing to and have listB point to that object.

Use:
listB = listA[:]

Cheers,

Tino





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