How Does Python Swap Elements inside a List? -
i new python, , learned mutable , immutable objects. appears when swapping elements inside list, python creates copies of individual elements , copy them list.
in above example, begin n = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]. first sublist, [1, 2] occupies id# 24, , second sublist [3, 4] occupies id# 96. @ first, thought since lists mutable, after swapping, id# 24 holds [3, 4] , id# 96 holds [1, 2]. can see in test above, not case. rather, python pointing objects in manner determined our swap; first slot of list points 96 , second slot points 24.
certainly, id# of n did not change, n did not violate definition of mutable object. way sublists got swapped seems caveat. can kindly confirm or explain in more precise language?
you mistaken ids. id#24 id of list [1,2]. not memory address or id of index 0 in n.
you might want try example confirm:
>>> x = [1, 2] >>> id(x) 4332120256 >>> l = [x, 3] >>> id(l[0]) 4332120256 >>> 
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