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A list can have any number of items and they may be of different types (integer, float, string, etc.).

a pair of brackets [ ] are used, and the elements within it are separated by commas.

In [33]:
list_1 = [1, 2, 3]
list_1

[1, 2, 3]
Out[33]:

In [34]:
#Lists are mutable
list_1[1]=4
print(list_1)

[1, 4, 3]

In [9]:
list_2 = ['Hello', 'World']
list_2

['Hello', 'World']
Out[9]:

In [10]:
list_3 = [1, 2, 3, 'Apple', 'orange']
list_3

[1, 2, 3, 'Apple', 'orange']

Out[10]:

In [11]:
#We can also nest the lists
list_4 = [list_1, list_2]
list_4

[[1, 2, 3], ['Hello', 'World']]

Out[11]:

In [12]:
list_3[2]

3
Out[12]:

In [13]:
list_3[:2]

[1, 2]
Out[13]:

In [14]:
list_3[:3]

[1, 2, 3]
Out[14]:

In [15]:
list_3[-1]

'orange'
Out[15]:

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In [16]: len(list_3)

5
Out[16]:

In [18]:
#concatenate
list_1 + list_2

[1, 2, 3, 'Hello', 'World']

Out[18]:

In [19]:
list_1.append(4)
list_1

[1, 2, 3, 4]
Out[19]:

In [33]:
list_1=[1,2,3,4]
list_1

[1, 2, 3, 4]
Out[33]:

In [34]:
list_1.insert(2,'center')
list_1

[1, 2, 'center', 3, 4]
Out[34]:

In [35]:
list_1.insert(2,'left')
list_1

[1, 2, 'left', 'center', 3, 4]

Out[35]:

In [36]:
list_1.insert(4,'right')
list_1

[1, 2, 'left', 'center', 'right', 3, 4]

Out[36]:

In [37]:
del list_1[2]
list_1

[1, 2, 'center', 'right', 3, 4]

Out[37]:

In [38]:
del list_1[2]
list_1

[1, 2, 'right', 3, 4]
Out[38]:

In [39]:
del list_1[2]
list_1

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Out[39]: [1, 2, 3, 4]

In [40]:
#Define an empty list and add values 5 and 6 to the list.
list_5 = []
list_5.append(5)
list_5

[5]
Out[40]:

In [41]:
list_5.append(6)
list_5

[5, 6]
Out[41]:

In [44]:
list_5[1]=2
list_5

[5, 2]
Out[44]:

In [45]:
list_5[2]=9
list_5

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndexError Traceback (most recent call last)
~\AppData\Local\Temp/ipykernel_5716/886566665.py in <module>
----> 1 list_5[2]=9
2 list_5

IndexError: list assignment index out of range

In [46]:
5 in list_5

True
Out[46]:

In [65]:
list_7=[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
list_7

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

Out[65]:

In [66]:
list_7[0][0]

1
Out[66]:

In [67]:
list_7[0][1]

2
Out[67]:

In [68]:
list_7[0]
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[1, 2, 3]
Out[68]:

In [85]:
list_7[2][0:2]

[7, 8]
Out[85]:

In [71]:
list_7[:]

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

Out[71]:

In [86]:
list_7[-1]

[7, 8, 9]
Out[86]:

In [91]:
list_7[-2:-1]

[[4, 5, 6]]
Out[91]:

In [92]:
list_7

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

Out[92]:

In [93]:
list_7.append([10,11,12])

In [94]:
list_7

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]

Out[94]:

In [97]:
list_7[-3:-1]

[[4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

Out[97]:

In [100…
list_7[0][0:2]=[0,0]
list_7

[[0, 0, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]

Out[100…

In [101…
del list_7[3]

In [102…
list_7

[[0, 0, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

Out[102…

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In [103… list_7.clear()

In [104…
list_7

[]
Out[104…

In [105…
list_8=[1,2,3,4]

In [106…
list_8.remove(2)

In [107…
list_8

[1, 3, 4]
Out[107…

In [108…
list_8.index(3)

1
Out[108…

In [115…
l=[0]*4
l

[0, 0, 0, 0]
Out[115…

In [116…
l*4

[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Out[116…

In [119…
l=[1,2,3]
l

[1, 2, 3]
Out[119…

In [120…
l*3

[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
Out[120…

In [126…
t1=['a','b','c']
t2=['d','e']
t1.extend(t2)
print(t1)

['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

In [124…
print(t2)

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['d', 'e']

In [2]:
t = ['d', 'c', 'e', 'b', 'a']
t.sort()
print(t)

['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

If you accidentally write t = t.sort(), you will be disappointed with the result.

In [6]:
t1=t+[1,2,3]
print(t1)

['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 1, 2, 3]

In [133…
#pop modifies the list and returns the element that was removed.
t = ['a', 'b', 'c']
x = t.pop(1)
print(t)
print(x)

['a', 'c']
b

In [135…
# If you don’t provide an index in pop, it deletes and returns the last element.
t = ['a', 'b', 'c']
x = t.pop()
print(t)
print(x)

['a', 'b']
c

In [137…
t = ['a', 'b', 'c']
del t[1]
print(t)

['a', 'c']

In [138…
t = ['a', 'b', 'c']
t.remove('b')
print(t)

['a', 'c']

In [5]:
# convert string to list
s='spam'
t=list(s)
print(t)

['s', 'p', 'a', 'm']

In [7]:
# break strin into words
s='Hello World'

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t=s.split()
print(t)

['Hello', 'World']

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#You can call split with an optional argument called a delimiter
s='spam-spam-spam'
delimiter='-'
t=s.split(delimiter)
print(t)

['spam', 'spam', 'spam']

In [14]:
t=['spam','spam','spam']
delimiter='-'
delimiter.join(t)

'spam-spam-spam'
Out[14]:

In [15]:
t=['spam','spam','spam']
delimiter=' '
delimiter.join(t)

'spam spam spam'

Out[15]:

In [16]:
t=['spam','spam','spam']
delimiter=''
delimiter.join(t)

'spamspamspam'
Out[16]:

In [17]:
list_10=["apple","banana","cherry"]

In [26]:
#Lists allow duplicate values:
list_10= ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "apple", "cherry"]
list_10

['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'apple', 'cherry']

Out[26]:

In [27]:
#If you insert more items than you replace, the new items will be inserted where you sp
list_10[1:2]=["blackcurrant","watermelon"]
print(list_10)

['apple', 'blackcurrant', 'watermelon', 'cherry', 'apple', 'cherry']

If you insert less items than you replace, the new items will be inserted where you specified, and the
remaining items will move accordingly:

In [28]:
thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
thislist[1:3] = ["watermelon"]
print(thislist)
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['apple', 'watermelon']

In [4]:
list_10=['apple', 'blackcurrant', 'watermelon', 'cherry', 'apple', 'cherry']
list_10[1:4]=['gooseberry']
print(list_10)

['apple', 'gooseberry', 'apple', 'cherry']

In [6]:
list_10.index('apple')

0
Out[6]:

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