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Python Data Structures Overview

The document provides definitions and structures for various data types in Python, including lists, tuples, strings, sets, dictionaries, and files. Each data type is described with its characteristics and a list of common methods available for manipulation. This serves as a quick reference guide for understanding and using these data types in Python programming.

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Python Data Structures Overview

The document provides definitions and structures for various data types in Python, including lists, tuples, strings, sets, dictionaries, and files. Each data type is described with its characteristics and a list of common methods available for manipulation. This serves as a quick reference guide for understanding and using these data types in Python programming.

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List

Definition: A list is an ordered, mutable collection of items in Python. Lists are defined using
square brackets [].
Structure: my_list = [1, 2, 3, 'hello']
Methods:
- append(x) - Add item x to the end of the list.
- extend(iterable) - Add elements from an iterable.
- insert(i, x) - Insert item x at index i.
- remove(x) - Remove the first occurrence of x.
- pop([i]) - Remove and return item at index i (or last if not specified).
- clear() - Remove all items from the list.
- index(x) - Return index of first occurrence of x.
- count(x) - Count occurrences of x.
- sort() - Sort the list in ascending order.
- reverse() - Reverse the list in place.
- copy() - Return a shallow copy of the list.

Tuple
Definition: A tuple is an ordered, immutable collection of items in Python. Tuples are defined using
parentheses ().
Structure: my_tuple = (1, 2, 3, 'hello')
Methods:
- count(x) - Return the number of occurrences of x.
- index(x) - Return the index of the first occurrence of x.

String
Definition: A string is a sequence of characters in Python, enclosed within single, double, or triple
quotes.
Structure: my_string = 'Hello, World!'
Methods:
- lower(), upper(), capitalize(), title()
- strip(), lstrip(), rstrip()
- replace(old, new), find(sub), count(sub)
- split(sep), join(iterable)
- startswith(sub), endswith(sub)
- isdigit(), isalpha(), islower(), isupper()

Set
Definition: A set is an unordered, mutable collection of unique items in Python. Sets are defined
using curly braces {}.
Structure: my_set = {1, 2, 3}
Methods:
- add(x), update(iterable)
- remove(x), discard(x), pop(), clear()
- union(set2), intersection(set2), difference(set2), symmetric_difference(set2)
- issubset(set2), issuperset(set2), isdisjoint(set2)

Dictionary
Definition: A dictionary is an unordered, mutable collection of key-value pairs. Defined using curly
braces {} with keys and values.
Structure: my_dict = {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 25}
Methods:
- keys(), values(), items()
- get(key), update(other_dict)
- pop(key), popitem(), clear(), copy()
- setdefault(key, default)

File
Definition: Python provides built-in functions to read and write files using the open() function.
Structure: with open('[Link]', 'r') as f:
Methods:
- read(), readline(), readlines()
- write(text), writelines(lines)
- seek(pos), close()

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