Lists into lists

[Jeff Cohen]

Thanks for the quick assists from you and everyone else who answered.

"Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams" <ignacio at openservices.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Jeff Cohen wrote:
>
> > I'm just learning python, so sorry if this is obvious but I didn't see
it in
> > the book or a few tutorials I found.
> >
> > I want to insert a copy of a list into a list like so:
> >
> > >>x=[1,2,3]
> > >>y=[4,5,6]
> > >> Magic step goes here
> > >>x
> > [[4,5,6],1,2,3]
> >
> > Now, I did this with
> >
> > >>x.insert(0,y)
> >
> > However, when I manipulate y, I end up changing x as well.
> >
> > With
> >
> > >>x[:0]=y
> > >>x
> > [4,5,6,1,2,3]
> >
> > Which isn't exactly it either.
> >
> > Any help there?
>
> Inserting y into x just inserts a reference to y into x. You need to
insert
> y[:] into x, which then makes a copy of y.
>
> --
> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>
>
>