I have a .py file that takes a list, finds the lowest number, puts it into a new array, removes the lowest number from the first array, and repeats until the original array returns contains no more items:
def qSort(lsort):
listlength = len(lsort)
sortedlist = list()
if listlength == 0:
return lsort
else:
while listlength > 0:
lmin = min(lsort)
sortedlist.append(lmin)
lsort.remove(lmin)
listlength = len(lsort)
return sortedlist
Now another .py file imports the qSort and runs it on some list, saving it to a variable. Then I try to use the .reverse() command on the list and I end up getting it as a NoneType. I try to use reversed(), but all it does is say "":
from qSort import qSort #refer to my first Pastebin
qSort = qSort([5,42,66,1,24,5234,62])
print qSort #this prints the sorted list
print type(qSort) #this prints
print qSort.reverse() #this prints None
print reversed(qSort) #this prints ""
Can anyone explain why I can't seem to reverse the list, no matter what I do?
解决方案
As jcomeau mentions, the .reverse() function changes the list in place. It does not return the list, but rather leaves qSort altered.
If you want to 'return' the reversed list, so it can be used like you attempt in your example, you can do a slice with a direction of -1
So replace print qSort.reverse() with print qSort[::-1]
You should know slices, its useful stuff. I didn't really see a place in the tutorial where it was all described at once, (http://docs.python.org/tutorial/introduction.html#lists doesn't really cover everything) so hopefully here are some illustrative examples.
Syntax is: a[firstIndexInclusive:endIndexExclusive:Step]
>>> a = range(20)
>>> a
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
>>> a[7:] #seventh term and forward
[7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
>>> a[:11] #everything before the 11th term
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>>> a[::2] # even indexed terms. 0th, 2nd, etc
[0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18]
>>> a[4:17]
[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
>>> a[4:17:2]
[4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16]
>>> a[::-1]
[19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
>>> a[19:4:-5]
[19, 14, 9]
>>> a[1:4] = [100, 200, 300] #you can assign to slices too
>>> a
[0, 100, 200, 300, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]