Chapter 5. Lists, tuples, and sets
This chapter covers
- Manipulating lists and list indices
- Modifying lists
- Sorting
- Using common list operations
- Handling nested lists and deep copies
- Using tuples
- Creating and using sets
In this chapter, I discuss the two major Python sequence types: lists and tuples. At first, lists may remind you of arrays in many other languages, but don’t be fooled: lists are a good deal more flexible and powerful than plain arrays.
Tuples are like lists that can’t be modified; you can think of them as a restricted type of list or as a basic record type. I discuss the need for such a restricted data type later in the chapter. This chapter also discusses a newer Python collection type: sets. Sets are useful when an object’s ...
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