obj2 = ojb1 = range(len(somelist))

[Cliff Wells]

On 31 Jan 2002 15:28:49 -0700
David Bear wrote:

> I wanted to create 2 distinct lists that were derived from range
> function.  rather that doing
> 
> obj1 = range(len(somelist))
> obj2 = range(len(somelist))
> 
> I wanted to do
> 
> obj2 = ojb1 = range(len(somelist))
> 
> Yet, both names point to the same object -- they're not two objects.
> 
> Is there some other syntax that I could use to avoid having to call
> range(len(list)) twice and still create two objects?

You could use copy.copy:

import copy

obj1 = range(len(somelist))
obj2 = copy.copy(obj1)


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