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[Roger]

Around Fri,Jul 05 2002, at 02:42,  Rajarshi Guha, wrote:
>Hi,
>  I have some code:
>
>a = [1,2,3,4]
>b = a
>
>Do some operations on a
>Will the contents of b mirror a? Or will b remain unchanged?
fire up python and try it. 

b mirrored a with my version.
As in,

a[3]=7
b
[1,2,3,7]



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