I am out of trial and error again Lists

[Mark Lawrence]

On 22/10/2014 21:57, Joel Goldstick wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Seymore4Head
> <Seymore4Head at hotmail.invalid> wrote:
>> def nametonumber(name):
>>      lst=[""]
>>      for x,y in enumerate (name):
>>          lst=lst.append(y)
>>      print (lst)
>>      return (lst)
>> a=["1-800-getcharter"]
>> print (nametonumber(a))#18004382427837
>>
>>
>> The syntax for when to use a () and when to use [] still throws me a
>> curve.
> () is tuples which are immutable which means that the items can't be
> changed.  [] is list which means that each item can be changed.
> Tuples are useful because they can be used as keys in dictionaries and
> are guarantied not to change.  Lists are useful because they can be
> updated.
>

This is wrong, commas define tuples.

type mytest.py
a = 1, 2
print(type(a))

c:\Users\Mark\MyPython>mytest.py
<class 'tuple'>


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Mark Lawrence