a=[1,2,3,4].reverse() - why "a" is None?
Erik Max Francis
max at alcyone.com
Mon Oct 12 03:35:12 EDT 2009
Andre Engels wrote:
> The reverse function is a function to reverse the list in place, not a
> function to get the reverse of the list:
>
> x = [1,2,3,4]
> y = x
> z = x.reverse()
>
> will result in:
>
> x = y = [4,3,2,1]
> z = None
.reverse returns None. See the documentation.
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