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William Vincent
779 Points[] vs list()
Any reason in this lesson he uses [] to create a list in line 1 but list() in line 2? I "think" they're the same but somewhat confusing. He should mention if this is so in the voiceover, or which method he prefers. Otherwise () is just a tuple.
2 Answers
Kourosh Raeen
23,732 PointsHi William - The parenthesis here cannot be those used for creating a tuple because they are followed by a method name, list(). To use list() you need to pass an iterable to it, as you can see in the video. So this code:
vowels = list('aeiou')
is equivalent to
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
William Vincent
779 PointsHi Kourosh,
Thank you for clarifying.
-William
Kourosh Raeen
23,732 PointsGlad I could help! Happy coding!