Python Fundamentals

5

Lists and Tuples

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Create and access lists in Python
• Describe the various methods that are available in lists, and use them in your Python programs
• Create and access tuples in Python
• Identify the differences between tuples and lists
• Implement the various built-in methods that are available with tuples

This lesson introduces lists and tuples in Python. We also look at the various list and tuple methods.

Introduction

A list is a data structure that holds ordered collections of related data. Lists are known as arrays in other programming languages, like Java, C, and C++. Python lists, however, are more flexible and powerful than the traditional arrays of other languages. ...