Lists¶

Concepts¶

lists and list type

homogeneous and heterogeneus lists

string methods that involve lists: split, join

nested lists

operations: len, +, *

indexing and slicing

list methods: count, index, append, sort, reverse

list traversal

mutability

deleting elements

aliasing and cloning

parameters and aliasing

modifiers (functions that change list values) and side effect

Keywords¶

[], [, , , ...],
~list[~int], ~list[~int:~int], +, *
list(), len(), max(), min(), sum(), sorted(), del
~list.index()
~str.split(~list), ~str.join(~list)
~list.append(), ~list.extend(), ~list.remove(), ~list.reverse()
~dict.sort()

Examples ¶

Slides¶

List operations slides

List methods slides

List traversal slides

List traversal 2 slides

References¶

Section 6 in *Notes by Prof. D. Ayala*.

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 2nd Edition.