List Of 50 States In Order Of Statehood

The first way works for a list or a string; the second way only works for a list, because slice assignment isn't allowed for strings. Other than that I think the only difference is speed: it looks like it's a little …

Depending on how big your list is, several orders of magnitude faster. Also, it's a lot less code, and at least to me, it's easier to read. I'm trying to make a habit out of using numpy for all groups of …