In [68]:

    

# This is some IPython %magic
%xmode plain


    

    




Exception reporting mode: Plain

In [69]:

    

# with initial values
m = ['foo', 1, object()]
print m


    

    




['foo', 1, <object object at 0x109584e80>]

In [70]:

    

n = list('foo', 1, object())


    

    




Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-70-168349f6d691>", line 1, in <module>
    n = list('foo', 1, object())

TypeError: list() takes at most 1 argument (3 given)

In [71]:

    

n = list(['foo', 1234, object()])
print n


    

    




['foo', 1234, <object object at 0x109584e90>]

In [72]:

    

m[0] = 'bar'
print m


    

    




['bar', 1, <object object at 0x109584e80>]

In [73]:

    

m.append('baz')
print m


    

    




['bar', 1, <object object at 0x109584e80>, 'baz']

In [74]:

    

q = ['y', 'z']
o = ['a', 'b', 'c']
o.append(q)
print o


    

    




['a', 'b', 'c', ['y', 'z']]

In [75]:

    

p = ['1', '2', '3']
p.extend(q)
print p


    

    




['1', '2', '3', 'y', 'z']

In [76]:

    

r = ['a', 'b']
r + q


    

    
Out[76]:





['a', 'b', 'y', 'z']

In [77]:

    

r * 3


    

    
Out[77]:





['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b']

In [78]:

    

del(p[2])
print p


    

    




['1', '2', 'y', 'z']

In [79]:

    

print m[0]
print m[1]


    

    




bar
1

In [80]:

    

# indices are integers
m['nope']


    

    




Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-80-bedbfd1087ba>", line 2, in <module>
    m['nope']

TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str

In [81]:

    

# out of bounds
m[9]


    

    




Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-81-8f7640154332>", line 2, in <module>
    m[9]

IndexError: list index out of range

In [82]:

    

m[-3]


    

    
Out[82]:





1

In [83]:

    

from string import ascii_lowercase
letters = list(ascii_lowercase)
print letters


    

    




['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

In [84]:

    

print letters[0:6]


    

    




['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']

In [85]:

    

print letters[:13]
print letters[13:]


    

    




['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm']
['n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

In [86]:

    

print letters[-3:]
print letters[:-3]


    

    




['x', 'y', 'z']
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']

In [87]:

    

print letters[-10:23]


    

    




['q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w']

In [88]:

    

print letters[:]


    

    




['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

In [89]:

    

print letters[::2]
print letters[0:7:3]


    

    




['a', 'c', 'e', 'g', 'i', 'k', 'm', 'o', 'q', 's', 'u', 'w', 'y']
['a', 'd', 'g']

In [90]:

    

'f' in letters


    

    
Out[90]:





True

In [91]:

    

'F' in letters


    

    
Out[91]:





False

In [92]:

    

letters.index('m')


    

    
Out[92]:





12

In [93]:

    

letters.index('M')


    

    




Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-93-bd9b906fe917>", line 1, in <module>
    letters.index('M')

ValueError: 'M' is not in list

In [94]:

    

len(letters)


    

    
Out[94]:





26

In [97]:

    

a, b, c = [1, 2, 3]
print a
print b
print c


    

    




1
2
3

In [99]:

    

x = [10, 20, 30]
d, e, f = x
print d
print e
print f


    

    




10
20
30

In [101]:

    

sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat = range(7) # <- actually an "iterator" in python 3
print sun
print sat


    

    




0
6