The first, [:], is creating a slice (normally often used for getting just part of a list), which happens to contain the entire list, and thus is effectively a copy of the list. The second, list(), is using the …

The first way works for a list or a string; the second way only works for a list, because slice assignment isn't allowed for strings. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks …

If your list of lists comes from a nested list comprehension, the problem can be solved more simply/directly by fixing the comprehension; please see How can I get a flat result from a list …

Jul 19, 2014 · You can access the elements in a list-of-lists by first specifying which list you're interested in and then specifying which element of that list you want. For example, 17 is …

Sep 20, 2010 · What is the syntax to insert one list into another list in python? [duplicate] Asked 15 years, 3 months ago Modified 6 years, 7 months ago Viewed 351k times

I have a piece of code here that is supposed to return the least common element in a list of elements, ordered by commonality: def getSingle(arr): from collections import Counter c = …

Apr 4, 2009 · Closed 9 years ago. Is the a short syntax for joining a list of lists into a single list ( or iterator) in python? For example I have a list as follows and I want to iterate over a,b and c.

A work around is create a custom_list type that inherits list with a method __hash__() then convert your list to use the custom_list datatype. still better to use built-in types.

Nov 29, 2016 · (List<Customer>)(Object)list; you must be sure that at runtime the list contains nothing but Customer objects. Critics say that such casting indicates something wrong with …

Nov 25, 2013 · I figured out how to append multiple values to a list in Python; I can manually input the values, or put the append operation in a for loop, or the append and extend functions. Any …