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 …

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 = …

The notation List<?> means "a list of something (but I'm not saying what)". Since the code in test works for any kind of object in the list, this works as a formal method parameter. Using a type …

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, …

Oct 31, 2008 · What is the difference between the list methods append and extend? .append() adds its argument as a single element to the end of a list. The length of the list itself will …

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 …

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.

Feb 5, 2017 · You can also assign() a list to an existing dataframe. This is especially useful if you're chaining multiple methods and you need to assign a column that you need to use later …

Since a list comprehension creates a list, it shouldn't be used if creating a list is not the goal; it shouldn't be used simply to write a one-line for-loop; so refrain from writing [print(x) for x in …

Jul 19, 2014 · You can access the elements in a list-of-lists by first specifying which list you're interested in and then specifying which element of that list you want. For example, 17 is …