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Re: What is the difference between list() and list?

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:33 PM, fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I find the following results are interesting, but I don't know the difference
> between list() and list.
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>>>> nums=list()
>>>> nums
> []
>>>> xx=list
>>>> xx
> <type 'list'>
>>>> nums
> []
>>>> print(xx)
> <type 'list'>
>>>> print(nums)
> []
>>>>
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>
>
> Could you tell me that?

list is the name of a built-in function that returns a list object
when you set xx = list, you are giving that function a new name -- 'xx'
when you invoke the function:  xx() or list() it returns a list
>
> Thanks,
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list



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What is the difference between list() and list? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 14:33 -0700
  Re: What is the difference between list() and list? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 17:38 -0400
  Re: What is the difference between list() and list? "Dr. Bigcock" <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 14:40 -0700
  Re: What is the difference between list() and list? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-06-02 21:49 +0000

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