Python: How to create a common element between a list and a dict

Question

I am new to data structures in python and was wondering how do you simulate a thing like pointers in python so that multiple structures can refer and manage the same piece of da

Answer 1

i have tried the following peice of code and it works (changing in one DataStructure changes for the other). does this help?

list1 = [1,2,3]
list2 = [4,5,6]

my_dictionary = {}
my_dictionary["a"] = list1
my_dictionary["b"] = list2

del list1[0]
print list1
print list2
print my_dictionary