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Finding the index of an item in a list

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

Given a list ["foo", "bar", "baz"] and an item in the list "bar", how do I get its index 1?

Categories Python, Q&A Tags indexing, list, python Leave a comment

Get difference between two lists

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

I have two lists in Python:

Categories Python, Q&A Tags list, performance, python, set, set-difference Leave a comment

How do I clone a list so that it doesn’t change unexpectedly after assignment?

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

While using new_list = my_list, any modifications to new_list changes my_list every time. Why is this, and how can I clone or copy the list to prevent it?

Categories Python, Q&A Tags clone, copy, list, python, reference Leave a comment

What is the most “pythonic” way to iterate over a list in chunks?

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a Python script which takes as input a list of integers, which I need to work with four integers at a time. Unfortunately, I don’t have control of the input, or I’d have it passed in as a list of four-element tuples. Currently, I’m iterating over it this way:

Categories Python, Q&A Tags chunks, list, loops, optimization, python Leave a comment

Access nested dictionary items via a list of keys?

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a complex dictionary structure which I would like to access via a list of keys to address the correct item.

Categories Python, Q&A Tags dictionary, list, python Leave a comment

How to merge lists into a list of tuples?

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

What is the Pythonic approach to achieve the following?

Categories Python, Q&A Tags list, merge, python, tuples Leave a comment

Shuffling a list of objects

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a list of objects and I want to shuffle them. I thought I could use the random.shuffle method, but this seems to fail when the list is of objects. Is there a method for shuffling objects or another way around this?

Categories Python, Q&A Tags list, python, random, shuffle Leave a comment

How does assignment work with list slices?

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

Python docs says that slicing a list returns a new list.
Now if a “new” list is being returned I’ve the following questions related to “Assignment to slices”

Categories Python, Q&A Tags list, python, slice Leave a comment

How to find all occurrences of an element in a list

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

index() will give the first occurrence of an item in a list. Is there a neat trick which returns all indices in a list for an element?

Categories Python, Q&A Tags indices, list, python Leave a comment

Can’t modify list elements in a loop

August 22, 2022 by Magenaut

While looping over a list in Python, I was unable to modify the elements without a list comprehension. For reference: li = ["spam", "eggs"] for i in li: i = "foo" li ["spam", "eggs"] li = ["foo" for i in li] li ["foo", "foo"] So, why can’t I modify elements through a loop in Python? … Read more

Categories Python, Q&A Tags list, loops, python Leave a comment
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