In python, is the 'for' function interactive x factor and y factor?

Question

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Answer 1

When you do y = x, they are alias to the same objects in Python.

Try this if you don't want x to be changes when y changes:

x = [1, 2, 3, 4]
y = x.copy()

for i in range(0, len(x)):
    y[i] = x[i]**2
print(x)
print(y)