Applying Analytics

3

Lists

3.1 Introduction

A list

is a common and simple data structure consisting of a group of related

elements, distinguished by the fact that the order of its constituent elements

can be rearranged without altering the list’s information content. Note that

this definition of a list excludes what ar e commonly known as ranked lists.

Some examples o f lists are the heights of the eighth graders at your local

middle school, the birthdays of your friends, or the prices of all the books on

your bookshelf.

The elements that make up a list should be of the same dimensionality. For

example, a list could be a collection of length measurements or a collection

of ...