Variables are pointers in Python

Published: 02 May 2024
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Python's variables are not buckets that contain objects; they're pointers. Assignment statements don't copy: they point a variable to a value (and multiple variables can "point" to the same value).

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00:00 Changing two lists at once
01:09 Variables are separate from objects
01:38 Assignment statements don't copy
02:04 Explicitly copying a list
02:30 Variables are like pointers, not buckets


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