KwickClips Python · 43 sec · free
Why did the original list change?
Short answer. alias = team did not copy it. Both names share one list.
How do you make a real copy?
Use team.copy() or a full slice team[:].
Remember
| = shares the same list |
| copy() makes a new list |
| team[:] also copies |
You changed the copy. The original changed too. Why? Alias equals team gives the same list a second name. Changing alias changes team. Copy makes a new list. Equals shares the same list. Copy makes a new list. A full slice also copies.
This clip is from the full lesson: Lists: Creating, Indexing, Slicing and List Operations — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Information Technology (402), CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence (417), CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence (417), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083)
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