what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
so please tell me.thanks.
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"J. Peng" <pe******@gmail .comwrites:
what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array'
type, though that term is often used to refer to the 'array' type
defined in Numeric Python (which is not part of the standard library,
so not really part of Python).
I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
You may also want to compare and constrast Python 'list' and 'dict'.
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Ben Finney
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:05:23 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
"J. Peng" <pe******@gmail .comwrites:
>what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array' type,
though that term is often used to refer to the 'array' type defined in
Numeric Python (which is not part of the standard library, so not really
part of Python).
Did you forget the array module?
>>import array
array
<module 'array' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/arraymodule.so' >
>I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
You may also want to compare and constrast Python 'list' and 'dict'.
The Original Poster might also like to check out the help() and dir()
functions in the interactive interpreter:
help(list)
dir(list)
help(array)
help(array.arra y)
etc.
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Steven
On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <peng....@gmail .comwrote:
what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
so please tell me.thanks.
If you are new to Python, then where other languages may reach for an
'array', Python programs might organise data as lists. Lists are used
much more than arrays in Python. you should find that is the case in
tutorials/books too.
P.S. if you know Perl then try: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhra...ght=%28perl%29
- Paddy.
Steven D'Aprano <st***@REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com .auwrites:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:05:23 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array'
type [...]
Did you forget the array module?
Yes.
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Ben Finney
On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <peng....@gmail .comwrote:
>what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
so please tell me.thanks.
If you are new to Python, then where other languages may reach for an
'array', Python programs might organise data as lists. Lists are used
much more than arrays in Python. you should find that is the case in
tutorials/books too.
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhra...ght=%28perl%29
- Paddy.
Hi,
From Core Python Programming book (btw I like this book) I know the
difference is that array can hold only one type (the C standard?), but
list can hold every type of object. But hmm, perl's array also can hold
every type of variables, why perl call it array and python call it list?
Also, if I understand it correctly, python's tuple is called as 'list'
in perl, so I'm somewhat confused about them.
P.S. if you know Perl then try:
Yes I know some Perl. I have registered module on CPAN.
thanks!
On Jan 18, 8:18 am, "J. Peng" <jp...@block.du xieweb.comwrote :
On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <peng....@gmail .comwrote:
what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
so please tell me.thanks.
If you are new to Python, then where other languages may reach for an
'array', Python programs might organise data as lists. Lists are used
much more than arrays in Python. you should find that is the case in
tutorials/books too.
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhra...ght=%28perl%29
- Paddy.
Hi,
From Core Python Programming book (btw I like this book) I know the
difference is that array can hold only one type (the C standard?), but
list can hold every type of object. But hmm, perl's array also can hold
every type of variables, why perl call it array and python call it list?
Similar ideas, different names. It happens. I guess 'under the hood'
Python
(& Perl?), arrays might be more like an implementation of what the C
programmer might call a linked list, but even then there are
differences as
most linked list examples given in C tutorials are lists of the same
type of
object,....
- Paddy.
Also, if I understand it correctly, python's tuple is called as 'list'
in perl, so I'm somewhat confused about them.
P.S. if you know Perl then try:
Yes I know some Perl. I have registered module on CPAN.
thanks!
J. Peng>why perl call it array and python call it list?<
Unfortunate naming, I'd say. Calling list a dynamic array is silly,
despite all the things you may say about abstract data types having
the correct methods, etc.
Paddy:
I guess 'under the hood' Python (& Perl?), arrays might be more like
an implementation of what the C programmer might call a linked list,
but even then there are differences as most linked list examples
given in C tutorials are lists of the same type of object,....
Both Python "array.arra y" and "list" are implemented as dyn arrays,
not as lists. Only the good "deque" by Hettinger is something similar
to a list (of small arrays).
Bye,
bearophile
Paddy:
I guess 'under the hood' Python (& Perl?), arrays might be more like
an implementation of what the C programmer might call a linked list,
but even then there are differences as most linked list examples
given in C tutorials are lists of the same type of object,....
Both Python "array.arra y" and "list" are implemented as dyn arrays,
not as lists. Only the good "deque" by Hettinger is something similar
to a list (of small arrays).
Bye,
bearophile
Ta!
On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:48 AM, be************@ lycos.com wrote:
J. Peng>why perl call it array and python call it list?<
Unfortunate naming, I'd say. Calling list a dynamic array is silly,
despite all the things you may say about abstract data types having
the correct methods, etc.
I wouldn't call it unfortunate. The list semantics follow LISP's
semantics far more closely than C's array semantics. I would hazard
to guess that they are called lists because that is what every
functional language calls them and this aspect of python was modeled
after functional languages.
tj
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