list.extend([]) Question

[Dan Brown]

On Jan 30, 8:38 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al... at start.no> wrote:
> It does.
>
> 'extend' is an operation that /modifies/ the array.
>
> It just returns None as its expression result, in the same way as e.g. the
> Python 3.x 'print' (another pure "doer" operation).
>
>    >>> L = ['a']
>    >>> L
>    ['a']
>    >>> L2 = L.extend( [] )
>    >>> L2
>    >>> L2 is None
>    True
>    >>> L
>    ['a']
>    >>> _
>
> Cheers & hth.,
>
> - Alf

Aha.  Well, I feel a bit silly for not thinking to try it that way.
Thanks!