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Re: Extracting elements over multiple lists?

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Date Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:17:48 -0500
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On 11/15/2011 12:01 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> (Peter's "del" solution is quite close, but I find the 'del' statement
>> tricky in python and will mislead many python newcomers)
> Can you expand on why 'del' is "tricky"/misleading?
>
> Ramit
>
a = someexpression...
b = a
....
del a

Does not (necessarily) delete the object that a refers to.  It merely 
deletes the symbol a.



-- 

DaveA

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      Re: Extracting elements over multiple lists? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-11-07 19:33 +0100
      Re: Extracting elements over multiple lists? Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-11-07 19:51 +0100
      Re: Extracting elements over multiple lists? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2011-11-07 15:06 -0500
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      RE: Extracting elements over multiple lists? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2011-11-15 17:01 +0000
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