Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'wiki': 0.03; 'python': 0.09; 'friday,': 0.09; 'integers': 0.09; 'mutable': 0.09; 'subject:into': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'suggest': 0.11; 'container.': 0.16; 'dictionary,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'are.': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'example': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'print': 0.32; 'page.': 0.33; 'tutorial': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'from:no real name:2**0': 0.60; 'subject:....': 0.65; 'august': 0.66; 'received:209.85.213.184': 0.91; 'received:mail-yx0-f184.google.com': 0.91 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:04:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.205.92.198; posting-account=SzBqHAoAAADKifu1YcFgQTQPM3B3Qww3 References: <50251477.7010507@googlemail.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 24.205.92.198 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: dictionary into desired variable.... From: woooee@gmail.com To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Message-ID: Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1344618284 news.xs4all.nl 6860 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47971 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26881 On Friday, August 10, 2012 8:31:48 AM UTC-7, Tamer Higazi wrote: > let us say a would be x = [2,5,4] > > y = a[3] > > if I change y to [] > > I want the result to be x = [2,5,[]] and that's automaticly There is no such thing as a[3] if a=[2,4,5]. And this is a list not a dictionary, so I would suggest a tutorial from the Python wiki page. You have to use a mutable container. Integers are not mutable. Lists, for example are. y=[4] x = [2,5,y] print x y[0]=10 print x