Full Comparison of Methods for List, String, Tuple,

and Dictionary
Method List String Tuple Dictionary Input Type Description
append() ✔ - - - value Adds element at the end of list

extend() ✔ - - - iterable Appends elements from another iterable

insert() ✔ - - - index, value Inserts element at given index

remove() ✔ - - - value Removes first occurrence of element

pop() ✔ - - ✔ index (optional for list), key(for dict) Removes element at index (list) or key (dict)

clear() ✔ - - ✔ none Removes all elements

index() ✔ ✔ ✔ - value Returns index of first occurrence

count() ✔ ✔ ✔ - value Counts number of occurrences

sort() ✔ - - - none or key function Sorts list in ascending order

reverse() ✔ - - - none Reverses list in place

copy() ✔ - - ✔ none Returns shallow copy

capitalize() - ✔ - - none Capitalizes first character

casefold() - ✔ - - none Converts string to lowercase (more aggressive than lower)

center() - ✔ - - width, fillchar(optional) Centers string with padding

encode() - ✔ - - encoding(optional) Returns encoded string

format() - ✔ - - values Formats string

isalpha() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are alphabetic

isdigit() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are digits

isalnum() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are alphanumeric

islower() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are lowercase

isupper() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are uppercase

isspace() - ✔ - - none Checks if all chars are whitespace

istitle() - ✔ - - none Checks if string is titlecased

split() - ✔ - - separator(optional) Splits string into list

rsplit() - ✔ - - separator(optional) Splits string from the right

strip() - ✔ - - chars(optional) Removes leading/trailing characters

lstrip() - ✔ - - chars(optional) Removes leading characters

rstrip() - ✔ - - chars(optional) Removes trailing characters

replace() - ✔ - - old, new Replaces substring with another

upper() - ✔ - - none Converts to uppercase

lower() - ✔ - - none Converts to lowercase

startswith() - ✔ - - prefix Checks if string starts with prefix

endswith() - ✔ - - suffix Checks if string ends with suffix

rfind() - ✔ - - substring Returns highest index of substring

partition() - ✔ - - separator Splits into 3 parts: before, separator, after

rpartition() - ✔ - - separator Splits into 3 parts from the right

swapcase() - ✔ - - none Swaps case of all characters

title() - ✔ - - none Converts string to title case

zfill() - ✔ - - width Fills string with zeros at the beginning

count() - - ✔ - value Counts number of occurrences

index() - - ✔ - value Returns index of first occurrence

get() - - - ✔ key Returns value for key, or None

keys() - - - ✔ none Returns all keys

values() - - - ✔ none Returns all values

items() - - - ✔ none Returns key-value pairs

update() - - - ✔ dict or iterable Updates dictionary with given pairs

fromkeys() - - - ✔ keys, value(optional) Creates new dict with given keys

setdefault() - - - ✔ key, default(optional) Returns value if key exists, else inserts default

popitem() - - - ✔ none Removes and returns last inserted key-value pair