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List in Python

Lists in Python are used to store multiple items in a single variable and are mutable, allowing for editing. They can contain duplicate values and items of any data type, including strings, integers, and booleans. Items in a list can be accessed using positive or negative indexing, and ranges of indexes can be specified to return a new list of specified items.

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List in Python

Lists in Python are used to store multiple items in a single variable and are mutable, allowing for editing. They can contain duplicate values and items of any data type, including strings, integers, and booleans. Items in a list can be accessed using positive or negative indexing, and ranges of indexes can be specified to return a new list of specified items.

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List in python

What is list

 Lists are used to store multiple items in a single variable.


 Lists are one of 4 built-in data types in Python used to store
collections of data,
 Its mutable (you can edit it )
Allow Duplicates

Since lists are indexed, lists can have items with the same value:
Example
Lists allow duplicate values:
thislist =
["apple", "banana", "cherry", "apple", "cherry"]
print(thislist)
List Items - Data Types

List items can be of any data type:


Example
String, int and boolean data types:
list1 = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
list2 = [1, 5, 7, 9, 3]
list3 = [True, False, False]
Access Items

list items are indexed and you can access them by referring to the
index number:
ExampleGet your own Python Server
Print the second item of the list:
thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
print(thislist[1])
Negative Indexing

Negative indexing means start from the end


-

refers to the last item, -2 refers to the second last item etc.

Example
Print the last item of the list:
thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
print(thislist[-1])
Range of Indexes

You can specify a range of indexes by specifying where to start and


where to end the range.
When specifying a range, the return value will be a new list with the
specified items.

Example
Return the third, fourth, and fifth item:
thislist =
["apple", "banana", "cherry", "orange", "kiwi", "melon", "m
ango"]
print(thislist[2:5])

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