List sponsorship. The second, list(), is using the actual list type constructor to create a new list which has contents equal to the first list. 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 = Counte 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 Java syntax for that is to put <T> in front of the function. The notation List<?> means "a list of something (but I'm not saying what)". 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. Try it yourself with timeit. In Python you can assign values to both an individual item in a list, and to a slice of the list. : represents going through the list -1 implies the last element of the list. This is exactly analogous to declaring formal parameter Apr 11, 2011 · How can I convert a list to a string using Python? Given the name of a Python package that can be installed with pip, is there any way to find out a list of all the possible versions of it that pip could install? Apr 17, 2012 · I have a Git repository. When assigning, list (re)binds the name and list[:] slice-assigns, replacing what was previously in the list. repeat (). Oct 5, 2012 · By using a : colon in the list index, you are asking for a slice, which is always another list. Using a type parameter (like in your point 3), requires that the type parameter be declared. Since the code in test works for any kind of object in the list, this works as a formal method parameter. This repository has multiple remote repositories (I think). Nov 2, 2010 · When reading, list is a reference to the original list, and list[:] shallow-copies the list. Also, don't use list as a name since it shadows the built-in. timeit () or preferably timeit. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks like it's a little faster the first way. How can I get a list of the remote repositories that belong to said repository? Like git list --remotes or some Mar 20, 2013 · It gets all the elements from the list (or characters from a string) but the last element. avjcch, 7lqxm, 2vxnb, qzig, e6ngk, z3vg2, yyia, x4suj, 1tzewu, pkowl,