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The document explains the usage of 'pop()' and 'del' in Python for manipulating lists and dictionaries. It details how 'pop()' removes and returns an element while 'del' is a general-purpose deletion statement that does not return anything. Additionally, it covers sorting methods 'sort()' and 'sorted()', highlighting their differences in modifying the original list and returning new lists.

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Python 1

The document explains the usage of 'pop()' and 'del' in Python for manipulating lists and dictionaries. It details how 'pop()' removes and returns an element while 'del' is a general-purpose deletion statement that does not return anything. Additionally, it covers sorting methods 'sort()' and 'sorted()', highlighting their differences in modifying the original list and returning new lists.

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Python

Basic Concepts
Pop() del
• Used with lists and dictionaries. • General-purpose deletion
• Removes an element and returns statement.
it. • Does not return anything.
• For lists → pop(index) removes the • Can delete variables, list
element at a given index (default is slices, items in lists, keys in
the last element). dictionaries, or even entire
• For dicts → pop(key) removes the objects.
key–value pair and returns the
value.
del
• Delete a variable
x = 10
del x

• Delete an item from a list


numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
del numbers[2] # deletes element at index 2 → 3
print(numbers) # Output: [1, 2, 4, 5]
del
• Delete a slice of a list (multiple elements at once)

nums = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]


del nums[1:4] # deletes elements at index 1,2,3 → 20,30,40
print(nums) # Output: [10, 50, 60]

• Delete entire list


my_list = [10, 20, 30, 40]
del my_list # deletes the entire list
Now trying to access it will give an error:
print(my_list) → NameError: name 'my_list' is not defined
del
• Delete a key–value pair in a dictionary
data = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
del data['b'] # removes key 'b' and its value
print(data) # {'a': 1, 'c': 3}
sort()
• It works on Lists only
nums = [5, 2, 9, 1]
nums.sort()
print(nums) # [1, 2, 5, 9]

• It arranges the list in-place (i.e., it changes the original list) in


ascending order by default.
nums = [5, 2, 9, 1]
nums.sort()
print(nums) # [1, 2, 5, 9]
print(nums[2]) # 5
sort()
• It does not return a new list → it returns None.
sort() : parameters
• reverse
nums = [5, 2, 9, 1]
nums.sort(reverse=True)
print(nums) # [9, 5, 2, 1]

• nums.sort(reverse=False)

• Key
words = ['apple', 'kiwi', 'banana', 'fig']
words.sort(key=len)
print(words) # Output: ['fig', 'kiwi', 'apple', 'banana']
sorted()
• If need a new sorted list without changing the original, use sorted()
instead of using sort()
nums = [5, 2, 9, 1]
new_list = sorted(nums)
print(new_list) # [1, 2, 5, 9]
print(nums) # [5,2,9,1] (original list remains unchanged)
sort() vs sorted()

Method Behavior Returns new list?

sort() Sorts the same list No

sorted() Creates a new sorted list Yes


Exercise
• Create a list that contains numeric and strings values then use
sort() method.
Exercise
• Create a list that contains strings with lowercase and upper case
then use sort() method
how to print last element of a list
• my_list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
• print(my_list[-1])

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