Python List Issue

[Nick L]

Thanks, thats a really handy function


"Ron_Adam" <radam2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:01:20 GMT, "Nick L" <Fearnot003 at mchsi.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I've hit a brick wall on something that I'm guessing is pretty simple but
> >it's driving me nuts.
>
> Yes, I've ran across that too a few times.
>
> >    How on earth can I make a complete seperate copy of a list with out
it
> >being a attached to the original in any way shape or form so that I can
> >modifiy if at will and not worry about the original?
>
> This routine copies a list of lists.
>
>
> # Makes a copy of a list of lists
> # Containing simple data.
> def copylistlist(alist):
>     if type(alist) is list:
>         copy = []
>         for i in alist:
>             if type(i) is list:
>                 i = copylistlist(i)
>             copy.append(i)
>     return copy
>
> bob = [[[0, 0]]]
> final = copylistlist(bob)
>
> print 'bob:'bob
> print 'Final:'final
>
>
> This still doesn't create new items within the new list.  but with
> literal data consisting of letters and numbers, it will work.
>
> If you are working with a data tree, you may be able to modify this to
> do what you want. Just add a test in the inner loop for the data you
> want to modify.
>
>
> >Any ideas, suggestions, comments are greatly appreciated
> >thanks
> >
> >Nick
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Ron_Adam
>
>