insertion sorts...

[python_newbie]

On 25 Haziran, 17:44, MRAB <goo... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 11:37 am, "A.T.Hofkamp" <h... at se-162.se.wtb.tue.nl> wrote:
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> > On 2008-06-25, python_newbie <serbule... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On 24 Haziran, 04:33, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> > > Thanks for all answers. At the end i ve only one point. If a decide to
> > > copy list to iterate when will i have to do this ? Before the
> > > iteration ? And then iterate through one list and change value of the
> > > other ?
>
> > Before starting the iteration would be a good point....
>
> > I usually do in such cases:
>
> > for x in mylist[:]:
> >    ...
>
> > making a copy just before the for loop starts.
>
> > Lately, I have started avoiding in-place modification of lists. Instead, I
> > construct a new list from scratch inside the for-loop, and replace the old list
> > with the newly constructed list afterwards like:
>
> > new_list = []
> > for x in mylist:
> >    ....
> >    new_list.append(x)
>
> > mylist = new_list
>
> > by appending a different value than the original or by not appending, you can
> > influence the contents of the new list.
>
> > I find this solution nicer than in-place modification of an existing list.
>
> > Sincerely,
> > Albert
>
> And if you were originally doing in-place modification because there
> were also other references to the list then you could just do:
>
> mylist[:] = new_list

Thanks again. I see that you use two different syntax for lists
"mylist = new_list" and "mylist[:] = new_list" these are same i
think ?