Introduction to Python Programming and Data Structures, 3rd Edition by Pearson

CHAPTER 7

Lists

 

Objectives

• To describe why lists are useful in programming (§7.1).
• To learn how to create lists (§7.2).
• To explore common operations for sequences (§7.2.1).
• To use the len, min, max, sum, and random.shuffle functions with a list (§7.2.2).
• To access list elements by using indexed variables (§7.2.3).
• To obtain a sublist from a larger list by using the slicing operator [start : end : step] (§7.2.4).
• To use the + (concatenation), * (repetition), and in/not in operators on lists (§7.2.5).
• To traverse elements in a list using a for loop (§7.2.6).
• To compare the contents of two lists by using comparison operators (§7.2.7).
• To create lists by using list comprehension (§7.2.8).
• To invoke a list’s append, count, extend, index,