List append

[Rob E]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:25:27 +0000, mouseit wrote:

> I'm trying to add an element to a list which is a property of an
> object, stored in an array. When I append to one element, all of the
> lists are appended!
> 
> Example Code:
> 
> class Test:
>     array = []
> 
> myTests = [Test() , Test() , Test()]
> print len(myTests[1].array)
> myTests[0].array.append( 5 )
> print len(myTests[1].array)
> 
> prints:
> 0
> 1
> 
> This is probably a really easy question (I'm very new to python), so
> thanks in advance for your help!

Yes, that's easy:

class myclass:
   var1 = []

means that var1 is associated with the class.  If you want an attribute:

class myclass:
    def __init__ (self):
        self.var1 = []

is the correct way.

Rob