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Lists in python

Introduction :
 List is a collection of elements which is ordered and changeable (mutable).
 Allows duplicate values of different types separated by commas and enclosed within square
brackets ([ ]).
Difference between list and string:

List String
Mutable Immutable
Element can be assigned at specified Element/character cannot be
index assigned at specified index.
Example: Example:

>>>L=[7,4,8,9] >>>str= “python”

>>>L[2]=6 #valid >>>str[2]= ‘p’ #error

Syntax:

list-name= [item-1, item-2,..........., item-n]

Example:

mylist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"] # a list with three

items L = [ ] # an empty list

Accessing lists:

 The values stored in a list can be accessed using the slice operator ([ ] and [:])
with indexes.
 List-name[start:end:skip] will give you elements between indices start to end-1.
 The first item in the list has the index zero (0).
Example:
>>> number=[12,56,87,45,23,97,56,27]

Forward Index
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12 56 87 45 23 97 56 27
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
Backward Index

>>> number[2]
87
>>> number[-1]
27

Traversing a LIST:

Traversing means accessing and processing each element by using for loop.

Example:
>>> day=list(input("Enter elements :"))
Enter elements : sunday
>>> for d in day:
print(d)

Output:
s
u
n
d
a
y

List Operators:

 Joining operator +
 Repetition operator *
 Slice operator [:]
 Comparison Operator <, <=, >, >=, ==, !=

 Joining Operator (+): It joins 2 or more


elements of a list.
 Example:

>>> L1=['a',56,7.8]

>>> L2=['b','&',6]

>>> L3=[67,'f','p']

>>> L1+L2+L3

['a', 56, 7.8, 'b', '&', 6, 67, 'f', 'p']

 Membership operator: it finds if a element is a part of a list or not.


 Example:
>>> L1=['a',56,7.8]
>>> 'a' in L1
True

 Repetition Operator: It replicates a list specified number of times.

Example:

>>> L1*3

['a', 56, 7.8, 'a', 56, 7.8, 'a', 56, 7.8]

>>> 3*L1

['a', 56, 7.8, 'a', 56, 7.8, 'a', 56, 7.8]

 Slice Operator:

List-name[start:end] will give you elements between indices start to end-1.

>>> number=[12,56,87,45,23,97,56,27]

>>> number[2:-2]

[87, 45, 23, 97]

List-name[start:end:step] will give you elements between indices start to end-1 with
skipping elements as per the value of step.

>>> number[1:6:2]

[56, 45, 97]

>>> number[: : -1]

[27, 56, 97, 23, 45, 87, 56, 12] #reverses the list

List modification using slice operator:

>>> number=[12,56,87,45,23,97,56,27]

>>> number[2:4]=["hello","python"]

>>> number

[12, 56, 'hello', 'python', 23, 97, 56, 27]


Note: The values being assigned must be a sequence (list, tuple or string)

Nested lists: a list inside another list is called a nested list.

Example: >>> a=[1,2,3[4,5,6]]

List functions:-

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