In Python(3) I want to create a list that will contain the last 5 variables entered into it.
Here is an example:
>>>l = []
>>>l.append('apple')
>>>l.append('orange')
>>>l.append('grape')
>>>l.append('banana')
>>>l.append('mango')
>>>print(l)
['apple','orange','grape','banana','mango']
>>>l.append('kiwi')
>>>print(l)
['orange','grape','banana','mango','kiwi'] #only 5 items in list
So, in python, Is there any way to achieve what is demonstrated above? The variable does not need to be a list, I just used it as an example.
Thanks!
解决方案
You might want to use a collections.deque object with the maxlen constructor argument instead:
>>>l = collections.deque(maxlen=5)
>>>l.append('apple')
>>>l.append('orange')
>>>l.append('grape')
>>>l.append('banana')
>>>l.append('mango')
>>>print(l)
deque(['apple','orange','grape','banana','mango'], maxlen=5)
>>>l.append('kiwi')
>>>print(l)
deque(['orange','grape','banana','mango','kiwi'], maxlen=5) #only 5 items in list