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 = …

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 …

Sep 17, 2016 · Possible Duplicate: Get difference from two lists in Python What is a simplified way of doing this? I have been trying on my own, and I can't figure it out. list a and list b, the …

Learn how to properly create nested HTML lists with examples and best practices, as discussed on Stack Overflow.

May 30, 2013 · For example list and start of containers are now subcommands of docker container and history is a subcommand of docker image. These changes let us clean up the …

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, …

Nov 29, 2016 · You can't directly cast List to List because Java generics are invariant. This means that List is not the same as List, even though Customer is a subtype of Object.

A work around is create a custom_list type that inherits list with a method __hash__() then convert your list to use the custom_list datatype. still better to use built-in types.

Stephane: Let me rephrase it: if x in list is not the thing that people complain not being a built-in function. They complain about the fact that there is not explicit way to find the first occurrence …

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 …