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[SoccerGee]

I'm going through the Python Tutorial on the python website and needed a little extra explanation of what this code is actually doing. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious?

>>> for x in a[:]: # make a slice copy of the entire list
...    if len(x) > 6: a.insert(0, x)
...
>>> a
['defenestrate', 'cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']

[SoccerGee]

Originally Posted by SoccerGee

I'm going through the Python Tutorial on the python website and needed a little extra explanation of what this code is actually doing. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious?

>>> for x in a[:]: # make a slice copy of the entire list
...    if len(x) > 6: a.insert(0, x)
...
>>> a
['defenestrate', 'cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']

never mind... it's obviously past my bed time.