I understand that they are both essentially the same thing. But in terms of creating an empty list or dict, are there any differences?

I have a piece of code here that is supposed to return the least common element in a list of elements, ordered by commonality: def getSingle(arr): from collections import Counter c = …

Jan 27, 2012 · Leaving any blank puts them at a default value, in your case it is taking every y elements starting at x and going until the end of the list. See: What is :: (double colon) in …

Nov 2, 2010 · When reading, list is a reference to the original list, and list[:] shallow-copies the list. When assigning, list (re)binds the name and list[:] slice-assigns, replacing what was previously …

Reorder list items On your computer, go to Google Keep. Choose a list. Point to the item you want to move. At the left, click and hold Move . Drag the item where you want.

Oct 5, 2012 · By using a : colon in the list index, you are asking for a slice, which is always another list. In Python you can assign values to both an individual item in a list, and to a slice …

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 …

The first, [:], is creating a slice (normally often used for getting just part of a list), which happens to contain the entire list, and thus is effectively a copy of the list. The second, list(), is using the …

Oct 5, 2017 · Let summarize the differences between List.of and Arrays.asList List.of can be best used when data set is less and unchanged, while Arrays.asList can be used best in case of …

Apr 4, 2009 · Is the a short syntax for joining a list of lists into a single list ( or iterator) in python? For example I have a list as follows and I want to iterate over a,b and c.