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List

Data Type
Lists: Data type in
Python
Definition:
Built-in Data type that store
values
(Sequence of elements)
Versatile data type as it can
contains elements of different
data types
Dynamic length (lists are
mutable)
Creation of a Lists

First, let’s have a look at some
examples and then, let’s come up
with a definition:
prices = [1.20, 0.75, 4.50]
somePrimes = [1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13]
underTheBed = [3, "old socks“]
Accessing element from a list

List indexing: positive indexing


For example:
courses = [“Biology”, “Physics”,
“Chemistry”,”Mathmatics”, “Computer”]

The 1st element of the list, we use the index 0


The 2nd element of the list, we use the index 1
etc…
Index Error ??
“list index out of range” error
occur
List indexing: negative
indexing
There is another way we can use to access one
list element at a time: negative indexing:

The 1st element of the list, we use the index -8


The last element of the list, we use the index -1
etc…
Careful: Negative index starts at -1, not 0
List slicing (using positive
indices)
use indices to indicate the list slice
For example:

Syntax: <list>[start : stop : step ]


Sub_list[1:3] = Physics, Chemistry
Sub-list[ :3] = Biology, Physics,
Chemistry
Sub-list[0:4:2] =biology, Chemistry
List slicing (using positive
indices)
Inclusive -> element at index 0 is
included in the list slice
We use index 2 to indicate the end
of the list slice
Non-inclusive -> element at index 2
is ***not*** included

When we slice out of bound, the


result is an empty list
Lists are mutable!
Definition of mutable: can change
Can we modify a list?
For example, let’s try:

sub-list[2]=“English”
Thank You

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