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List Manipulation

List is a mutable sequence that can hold elements of any data type. Lists can be indexed, sliced, and manipulated using built-in functions like append(), pop(), insert(), remove(), sort(), and reverse(). Common list operations include accessing elements, traversing lists, comparing lists, joining lists with +, replicating lists with *, and slicing lists.

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List Manipulation

List is a mutable sequence that can hold elements of any data type. Lists can be indexed, sliced, and manipulated using built-in functions like append(), pop(), insert(), remove(), sort(), and reverse(). Common list operations include accessing elements, traversing lists, comparing lists, joining lists with +, replicating lists with *, and slicing lists.

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List Manipulation

 In Python, a list is a kind of container that contains collection of any


kind of values.
 A List is a mutable data type which means any value from the list
can be changed. For changed values, Python does not create a new
list.
 List is a sequence like a string and a tuple except that list is mutable
whereas string and tuple are immutable.
 In this chapter we will see the manipulation on lists. We will see
creation of list and various operation on lists via built in functions.

List Creation
• List is a standard data type of Python. It is a sequence which
can store values of any kind.
• List is represented by square brackets “ [ ] “
For ex -
o [ ] Empty list
o [1, 2, 3] integers list
o [1, 2.5, 5.6, 9] numbers list (integer and float)
o [ ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’] characters list
o [‘a’, 1, ‘b’, 3.5, ‘zero’] mixed values list
o [‘one’, ’two’, ’three’] string list
• In Python, only list and dictionary are mutable data types, rest
of all the data types are immutable data types.
Creation of List
• List can be created in following ways-
• Empty list –

• Long lists-

• Nested list -

Accessing a List
• First we will see the similarities between a List and a String:
o List is a sequence like a string.
o List also has index of each of its element.
o Like string, list also has 2 index, one for forward
indexing (from 0, 1, 2, 3, ….to n-1) and one for
backward indexing(from -n to -1).
• In a list, values can be accessed like string.
• Len() Function is used to get the length of list.

• L[i] will return the value exists at i index.


• L[i:j] will return a new list with the values from i index to j
index excluding j index.

Difference between a List and a String


• Main difference between a List and a string is that string is
immutable whereas list is mutable.
• Individual values in string can’t be change whereas it is
possible with list.z
Traversal of a list
• Traversal of a list means to access and process each and every
element of that list.
• Traversal of a list is very simple with for loop –
Comparison of Lists
• Relational operators are used to compare two different lists.
• Python compares lists or tuples in lexicographical order,
means comparing sequences should be of same type and
their elements should also be of similar type.

List Operations (+, *)


• Main operations that can be performed on lists are joining
list,replicating list and list slicing.
• To join Lists,+ operator , is used which joins a list at the end
of other list. With + operator, both the operands should be of
list type otherwise error will be generated.
• To replicate a list, * operator , is used.

List Slicing
• To slice a List, syntax is:-

• Another syntax for List slicing is –


• Use of slicing for list Modification:-

List Functions and Methods


 Python provides some built-in functions for list manipulation.
 Syntax is like-
<list-object>.<method-name>

• List.index() function:

• List.append() function:
• List.extend() function:

• List.insert() function:

• List.pop() function:

• List.remove() function:

• List.clear() function:

• List.count() function:

• List.reverse() function:
• List.sort() function:

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