[Tutor] The Python way and two dimensional lists

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/11/2021 20:19, Phil wrote:

>>>>> solution[0][0:9] = {7,3}, {5}, {4,8,6}, {7,8}, {1}, {9,3}, {7,9}, {4,6,3}, {2}
>>>>> solution
> 
> I haven't seen slicing used that way before. I'll keep it in mind.

slice assignments are powerful but very easy to get wrong
(off by one errors etc). Even Denis got it wrong first time
round!

That's why I prefer the more direct approach:

solution[0] = [{7,3},{5},{4,8,6},{7,8},{1},{9,3},{7,9},{4,6,3},{2}]

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