Lecture-4
Python Sequences
List Introduction
● List is a sequence. But the word “collection” gives a better
understanding about list
● It stores values of same data type or different data types(just
like a collection of all types of values).
● List is iterable. Each index can be iterated using index number. It
also allow iteration using negative index.
● List is mutable. Elements of a list can be changed.
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List Operations Creating List
List can be created by placing the list elements inside square brackets
separated by comma. Anything inside square bracket is considered as list
elements. They can be number, string, object and another list.
lst=[1,3,4.5,'python']
Empty list can be created by assigning blank square brackets or using
list( ) method.
lst=[]
lst=list()
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List Operations Iterating List
List can be iterated using index number. It also allow iteration
using negative index. Let’s consider a list named c.
normal iteration c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5]
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c[-6] c[-5] c[-4] c[-3] c[-2] c[-1] iteration using negative index
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List Operations Inserting into List
New elements can be inserted into list. This can be done using
append( ) method. This method incerts the new value at the end of
the list. c.append(19)
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5] c[6]
1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
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List Operations List are mutable
The value of any index of a list can be replaced by another value
using index number.
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5] c[6]
1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas 19
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5] c[6]
c[2] = 13 1 3 13 7.3 python pandas 19
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Tuple Introduction
● Tuple is a sequence. Like as list, tuple is also known as
collection.
● It stores values of same data type or different data types.
● Tuple is iterable. Each index can be iterated using index. It
also allow iteration using negative index.
● Tuple is immutable. Elements of a tuple can not be
changed.
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Tuple Operations Creating Tuple
Tuple can be created by placing the elements inside parentheses
separated by comma. The elements can be number, string, object and
other mutable objects.
tp=(1,3,4.5,'python')
Empty list can be created by assigning blank parentheses or using tuple( )
method.
tp=()
tp=tuple()
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Tuple Operations Iterating Tuple
Tuple can be iterated using index number. It also allow iteration
using negative index. Let’s consider a tuple named t.
normal iteration t[0] t[1] t[2] t[3] t[4] t[5]
1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
t[-6] t[-5] t[-4] t[-3] t[-2] t[-1] iteration using negative index
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Tuple Operations Inserting into Tuple
New elements can be inserted into tuple. This can be done using
+= operat. This incerts the new value at the end of the tuple.
t[0] t[1] t[2] t[3] t[4] t[5]
1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
t[0] t[1] t[2] t[3] t[4] t[5] t[6] t[7]
t+=(19,28) 1 3 13 7.3 python pandas 19 28
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Unpacking Sequence
Elements of a sequence can be assigned to individual variables. But
the number of variable and the number of elements should be
same.
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Sequence Slicing
A sequence can be sliced passing a range separated by colon inside
square brackets. There are multiple slicing.
1. Slicing with starting and ending position: It slices from starting index to the previous of ending index.
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5]
c[1:4] 1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
2. Slicing with no indices: It slices the whole sequence
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5]
c[:] 1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
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Sequence Slicing
1. Slicing with starting index: It slices from starting index to the last index.
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5]
c[2:] 1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
2. Slicing with ending index: It slices from zero index to the previous of ending index.
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5]
c[:4] 1 3 4.5 7.3 python pandas
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Sorting List
Sorting a list can be done in two ways. sort( ) method does the sorting but it rearranges the
elements of the list in ascending order. That means in this method, the unordered list will be lost if
not stored separately. To sort in descending order, we can set reverse parameter True.
A list can be sorted using built-in function sorted( ). This function creates a new sorted list. So, we do
not need to store the unordered list separately.
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Searching Sequence
We can search for an element inside a list. index( ) method does this work.It returns the index of
first occurrence of search keyword.
We can specify the search area that means starting position and ending position of search inside a
list.
When we did not specify the search range, it starts the search from index 0 and returns the first
occurence of 3 at index 0. But in the second code, when we specify the search range from 2 to 8, it
search from index 2 to index 7 and returns the first occurence of 3 at index 4.
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Searching Sequence
We can check if an element exists in a list or not with in and not in operator. In operator
returns True if the element exists, otherwise it returns False.
not in operator returns True if the element does not exist in the list, otherwise it returns False.
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