5. Python Lists
Until you understand lists, you don’t know Python.
Along with text strings, lists are the most important example of an iterable in Python: a source of data you can always get “the next value” from (until you can’t). The biggest key to writing efficient, high-quality Python code is to understand the Python concept of lists.
This chapter explains how to do the following:
Use lists to sort information
Get selected subranges of data, called slices
Work efficiently with the Python for statement
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