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Working With List in Python

Lists in Python are ordered, mutable sequences defined by square brackets, allowing for various data types. They can be created, accessed, modified, concatenated, and sliced, with operations such as adding, removing, and checking elements. Additional functionalities include determining the length of a list and iterating through its elements.

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Working With List in Python

Lists in Python are ordered, mutable sequences defined by square brackets, allowing for various data types. They can be created, accessed, modified, concatenated, and sliced, with operations such as adding, removing, and checking elements. Additional functionalities include determining the length of a list and iterating through its elements.

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Lists in Python are versatile, ordered, and mutable sequences of items.

They are defined using


square brackets [], with elements separated by commas. Lists can contain items of different
data types, including integers, floats, strings, and even other lists.

Here's how to work with lists in Python:

Creating Lists

# Empty list
my_list = []

# List with initial values


numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
mixed_list = [1, "hello", 3.14, True]

Accessing Elements

List elements are accessed using their index, starting from 0 for the first element.

print(numbers[0]) # Output: 1
print(fruits[2]) # Output: cherry

Negative indexing can be used to access elements from the end of the list.

print(numbers[-1]) # Output: 5 (last element)

Modifying Lists

Lists are mutable, meaning their elements can be changed after creation.

# Changing an element
numbers[1] = 10
print(numbers) # Output: [1, 10, 3, 4, 5]

# Adding elements
[Link](6) # Adds 6 to the end
print(numbers) # Output: [1, 10, 3, 4, 5, 6]

[Link](2, 20) # Inserts 20 at index 2


print(numbers) # Output: [1, 10, 20, 3, 4, 5, 6]
# Removing elements
[Link](10) # Removes the first occurrence of 10
print(numbers) # Output: [1, 20, 3, 4, 5, 6]

popped_element = [Link](1) # Removes and returns the element


at index 1
print(numbers) # Output: [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
print(popped_element) # Output: 20

# List Concatenation and Repetition


list1 = [1, 2, 3]
list2 = [4, 5, 6]

combined_list = list1 + list2


print(combined_list) # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

repeated_list = list1 * 3
print(repeated_list) # Output: [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]

Slicing Lists

Slicing extracts a portion of a list.

sub_list = numbers[1:4] # Elements from index 1 to 3 (exclusive of


4)
print(sub_list) # Output: [3, 4, 5]

sub_list_start = numbers[2:] # Elements from index 2 to the end


print(sub_list_start) # Output: [4, 5, 6]

sub_list_end = numbers[:4] # Elements from the beginning to index 3


(exclusive of 4)
print(sub_list_end) # Output: [1, 3, 4, 5]

Other Operations

# Length of a list
print(len(numbers)) # Output: 5

# Checking if an element exists


print(3 in numbers) # Output: True

# Iterating through a list


for number in numbers:
print(number)

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