Cleaned up formatting and grammar

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Marc Poulin
2018-09-14 10:46:54 -06:00
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@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ Python will lose track of its current position.
if i > 4:
a.remove(i)
Python has standard ways of filtering lists, but there are several things you need to consider
Python has a few standard ways of filtering lists.
You will need to consider
* Python 2.x vs. 3.x
* Lists vs. iterators
@@ -606,19 +607,19 @@ Python has standard ways of filtering lists, but there are several things you ne
Python 2.x vs. 3.x
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* Starting with Python 3.0, the :py:func:`map` and :py:func:`filter` functions return an iterator instead of a list. If you really need a list, you should wrap these functions in :py:func`list` like so
Starting with Python 3.0, the :py:func:`filter` function returns an iterator instead of a list.
If you really need a list, you should wrap it in :py:func:`list` like so
.. code-block:: python
list(map(...))
list(filter(...))
* List comprehensions and generator expressions work the same in both 2.x and 3.x (except that comprehensions in 2.x "leak" variables into the enclosing namespace)
List comprehensions and generator expressions work the same in both 2.x and 3.x (except that comprehensions in 2.x "leak" variables into the enclosing namespace)
* comprehensions create a new list object
* generators iterate over the original list
* The filter function
The :py:func:`filter` function
* in 2.x returns a list (use itertools.ifilter if you want an iterator)
* in 3.x returns an iterator
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ Modifying the values in a list
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**Bad**:
Remember that assignment never creates a new object. If 2 or more variables refer to the same list, changing one of them changes them all.
Remember that assignment never creates a new object. If two or more variables refer to the same list, changing one of them changes them all.
.. code-block:: python