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This code changes anum but it should not?? What is going wrong?
Many thanks

>>> astr=
>>> anum=[4,3,2,1]
>>> anew=anum
>>> for c,d in enumerate(anum):
... anew[c]=astr[c]
... print(anew,astr,anum)
...


>>>

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This code changes anum but it should not?? What is going wrong?
Many thanks

>>> astr=
>>> anum=[4,3,2,1]
>>> anew=anum
>>> for c,d in enumerate(anum):
... anew[c]=astr[c]
... print(anew,astr,anum)
...


>>>

Use anew = list(anum) to make a copy, otherwise anew is only an alias for anum.

Edited by Gribouillis because: n/a
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Use anew = list(anum) to make a copy, otherwise anew is only a alias for anum.

Thank you very much.

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