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Jul-20-2022, 06:06 AM (This post was last modified: Jul-20-2022, 06:06 AM by Gribouillis.)

(Jul-20-2022, 01:03 AM)fmr300 Wrote: and I just saw that if I execute "a=[1,2]; a=a[1:]", the second 'a' is a new list also.

If you want to update the list with a slice, you can do

a[:] = a[1:]

instead of

a = a[1:]

You could also do

del a[0]

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RE: Slice creates new objects? - by Gribouillis - Jul-20-2022, 06:06 AM

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