I am writing a function to pick an 'optimal' NHL Fantasy team. My function works as follows: identifies the worst player in the team, compares this player to a randomly selected player in the league, replaces the worst player if better repeat for given number of loops I first create an instance of a class and generate an initial team saved under self.init_team. At the start of the loop, I store the initial team as self.current_team, and then update the team if players are substituted. Finally, I store the best team as self.best_team. The function works fine, except that self.current_team overwrites self.init_team. Is there an easy way to copy self.init_team at the start of the function to store it for later while using the values to create a new instance? Or do I have to create a new instance using the same inputs in order to copy the attribute? Code self.init_team = SOME INITIAL TEAM self.current_team = self.init_team ... [running the loop] ... self.best_team = self.current_team. What I want self.init_team = SOME INITIAL TEAM self.best_team = BEST TEAM AFTER LOOP What I get self.init_team = BEST TEAM AFTER LOOP self.best_team = BEST TEAM AFTER LOOP Continue reading...
