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I'm using Python 2.4 in Win XP. I was surprised to find the result
below. >>> a =[4,2,5,8] >>> b = a >>> a.sort() >>> a [2, 4, 5, 8] >>> b [2, 4, 5, 8] b no longer has the same value as it began. Apparently to prevent sort from making it the same I have to resort to copying b into a first? What is the proper way to retain a variable with the original values of a? --
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