I have a piece of code here that is supposed to return the least common element in a list of elements, ordered by commonality: def getSingle(arr): from collections import Counter c = Counte...

The first, [:], is creating a slice (normally often used for getting just part of a list), which happens to contain the entire list, and thus is effectively a copy of the list. The second, list(), is using the actual …

The first way works for a list or a string; the second way only works for a list, because slice assignment isn't allowed for strings. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks like it's a little …

Don't use quotes on the command line 1 Don't use type=list, as it will return a list of lists This happens because under the hood argparse uses the value of type to coerce each individual given argument …

Oct 5, 2017 · @Sandy Chapman: List.of does return some ImmutableList type, its actual name is just a non-public implementation detail. If it was public and someone cast it to List again, where was the …

list_of_values doesn't have to be a list; it can be set, tuple, dictionary, numpy array, pandas Series, generator, range etc. and isin() and query() will still work.

Apr 17, 2013 · In C# if I have a List of type bool. What is the fastest way to determine if the list contains a true value? I don’t need to know how many or where the true value is. I just need to know if one e...

If your list of lists comes from a nested list comprehension, the problem can be solved more simply/directly by fixing the comprehension; please see How can I get a flat result from a list …

Oct 15, 2012 · 1538 First declare your list properly, separated by commas. You can get the unique values by converting the list to a set.

Google Sheets supports cell formulas typically found in most desktop spreadsheet packages. Functions can be used to create formulas that manipulate data and calculate strings and numbers. Here's a list …