Add list to set?

You can’t add a list to a set because lists are mutable, meaning that you can change the contents of the list after adding it to the set. You can however add tuples to the set, because you cannot change the contents of a tuple: Edit: some explanation: The documentation defines a set as an unordered collection of … Read more

What is Python buffer type for?

An example usage: The buffer in this case is a sub-string, starting at position 6 with length 5, and it doesn’t take extra storage space – it references a slice of the string. This isn’t very useful for short strings like this, but it can be necessary when using large amounts of data. This example … Read more

Python TypeError: ‘type’ object is not iterable

If you query type(a), you get list. You probably want to do a mapping of the elements to the corresponding types, so use map: Furthermore you should not print the result of listType, since it does not return anything, and fix the indentation of the program. I hope it is correct now.

how to update spyder on anaconda

To expand on juanpa.arrivillaga‘s comment: If you want to update Spyder in the root environment, then conda update spyder works for me. If you want to update Spyder for a virtual environment you have created (e.g., for a different version of Python), then conda update -n $ENV_NAME spyder where $ENV_NAME is your environment name. EDIT: In case conda update spyder isn’t working, this post indicates you … Read more