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On 6/3/2016 7:31 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 09:06 am, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
>
>> I cant create a list with an append method pf.append(thing) in one go .
> Correct. You cannot append to a list until the list exists.
>
> Nor can you uppercase a string until the string exists:
>
> s = "hello world"
> s = s.uppercase()

 >>> s = "hello world".upper()
 >>> print(s)
HELLO WORLD

This works in Python 3. Not sure if s.uppercase() was meant as an 
example for a different language.

Chris R.