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l = []
print l


[]

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print dir(l)


['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']

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print l.append.__doc__


L.append(object) -- append object to end

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print help(l.append)


Help on built-in function append:

append(...)
    L.append(object) -- append object to end

None

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help(l.insert)


Help on built-in function insert:

insert(...)
    L.insert(index, object) -- insert object before index


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print dir(l)


['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']

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l = [1,2,5.5,'class']
print l
l.append('python')
print l


[1, 2, 5.5, 'class']
[1, 2, 5.5, 'class', 'python']

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print help(l.insert)


Help on built-in function insert:

insert(...)
    L.insert(index, object) -- insert object before index

None

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