python把列表切片的方法,方法内的切片列表（Python 3）

I have a method like the following:

def slice_list(my_list, slice_point):

my_list = my_list[:slice_point]

print("Inside method: ", my_list)

return

I have a test for it like the following:

if __name__ == "__main__":

my_list = [1,2,3,4,5]

slice_point = 3

slice_list(my_list, slice_point)

print("Outside method: ", my_list)

The output I get is not what I expected for, in the sense that the list is not ultimately edited

>>>Inside method: [1, 2, 3]

>>>Outside method: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

But when I do an append to the list, it does edit the list for good, as this example shows:

def append_to_list(my_list, element):

my_list.append(element)

print("Inside method: ", my_list)

return

if __name__ == "__main__":

my_list = [1,2,3,4,5]

append_to_list(my_list, "new element")

print("Outside method: ", my_list)

Which gives the following output:

>>>Inside method: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 'new element']

>>>Outside method: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 'new element']

Why does the slice not change the list for good?

解决方案

Try this instead:

my_list[:] = my_list[:slice_point]

Your old method just points the name my_list at a new object, i.e. at the copy returned by the slice.

The suggestion I've proposed above, however, modifies the object which my_list originally pointed at without rebinding that name.