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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 17:38:19 -0400
Subject: Re: What is the difference between list() and list?
From: Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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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)
> []
>>>>
>
>
>
> 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,
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