Sorting a copied list is also sorting the original list ?

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Sorting a copied list is also sorting the original list ?

Yoriz

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Apr-11-2019, 05:06 PM

C1=[7,3,6,5,4,2,1]
C2=C1

This is just making C2 also point at the same object as C1

To make a new copy of the list use

c2 = c1[:]

c2 = list(c1)

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RE: Sort list - by ichabod801 - Apr-11-2019, 05:03 PM

RE: Sort list - by Yoriz - Apr-11-2019, 05:06 PM

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