We weren't talking about array concatenation, but if that's what you want to do: 
array = array + list

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I could do the same with Perl: 
@array = (@array, @list);

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But I don't see how that helps your case. Perl's push is shorter than either of these: 
push @array,@list;

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And Python's append() would also be shorter: 
array.append(list)

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But from your previous comment I presume that append() will not accept a list as a parameter. I think I probably want extend() for that last example.

Of course, the length comparisons vary, depending on your variable names and your willingness to sacrifice legibility. But I don't think that's an argument that anybody wants to make.

Slightly offtopic: I'm just amazed that Python allows more than one way to do something. I thought that was supposed to be evil or something...

buckaduck

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl vs. Python: Looking at the Code by buckaduck
in thread Perl vs. Python: Looking at the Code by mothra

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