Re: Why does 'as' not recognized?

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From	John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject	Re: Why does 'as' not recognized?
Date	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:24:32 +0000 (UTC)
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In <8ddbc8fd-ebdb-4cd2-8e3b-b0e1f5142e76@googlegroups.com> fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> writes:

> >>> cats = ['Tom', 'Snappy', 'Kitty', 'Jessie', 'Chester']
> >>> 
> >>> type(cats)
> <type 'list'>
> >>> cats[2]
> 'Kitty'
> >>> as=cats[2]
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>> as=cats
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>> as
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

'as' is a python language keyword, and cannot be used for variable names.

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Why does 'as' not recognized? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 09:20 -0800
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