The first way works for a list or a string; the second way only works for a list, because slice assignment isn't allowed for strings. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks …

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Sep 17, 2016 · Possible Duplicate: Get difference from two lists in Python What is a simplified way of doing this? I have been trying on my own, and I can't figure it out. list a and list b, the …

Oct 5, 2017 · @Sandy Chapman: List.of does return some ImmutableList type, its actual name is just a non-public implementation detail. If it was public and someone cast it to List again, …

Nov 29, 2016 · (List<Customer>)(Object)list; you must be sure that at runtime the list contains nothing but Customer objects. Critics say that such casting indicates something wrong with …

Stephane: Let me rephrase it: if x in list is not the thing that people complain not being a built-in function. They complain about the fact that there is not explicit way to find the first occurrence …

Are you looking for elements in list_2 that appear nowhere in list_1 or elements in list_2 that are not present at the same index in list_1?

A work around is create a custom_list type that inherits list with a method __hash__() then convert your list to use the custom_list datatype. still better to use built-in types.

If your list of lists comes from a nested list comprehension, the problem can be solved more simply/directly by fixing the comprehension; please see How can I get a flat result from a list …

Aug 11, 2010 · I want to create a series of lists, all of varying lengths. Each list will contain the same element e, repeated n times (where n = length of the list). How do I create the lists, …