#!/usr/bin/env python # Filename: reference.py print 'Simple Assignment' shoplist=['apple','mango','carrot','banana'] mylist=shoplist # mylist is just another name pointing to the same object! del shoplist[0] print 'shoplist is',shoplist print 'mylist is',mylist # notice that both shoplist and mylist both print the same list without # the 'apple' confirming that they point to the same object print 'Copy by making a full slice' mylist=shoplist[:] # make a copy by doing a full slice del mylist[0] # remove first item print 'shoplist is', shoplist print 'mylist is', mylist # notice that now the two lists are different