List in Python programming | Hands on coding

What is list?

• It is a collection of data of different data type.
•  It is used to store list of values.
•  A list is created by putting list of comma-separated values between square brackets.

Create list:

str_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
int_list=[15,25,36,84,59]
float_list=[2.3,5.6,1.4,9.6]
mixed_list=["Easy",205,25.3]

Access values of list using index:

• Value of list can be accessed using index number.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("I like ",fruit_list[0])
print("I like ",fruit_list[2])
"""
***Output***
I like  Apple
I like  Mango
"""

int_list=[5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50]
#Print will start at index 1 and end at index 4.
print(int_list[1:4])
"""
***Output***
[10, 15, 20]
"""

Access value of list using negative index:

• Negative indexes start from the end of the list.
• Negative index always starts with -1.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print(fruit_list[-3])#Apple
print(fruit_list[-2])#Orange
print(fruit_list[-1])#Mango
"""
***Output***
Apple
Orange
Mango
"""

Access values of list using loop :

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
for name in fruit_list:
    print("I like ",name)
"""
***Output***
I like  Apple
I like  Orange
I like  Mango
"""

Update item of list :

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before Updation")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will replace Orange with Banana
fruit_list[1]="Banana"
print("After Updation")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before Updation
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After Updation
['Apple', 'Banana', 'Mango']
"""

Length of list :

• len() function is used to get length of list.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Length of list is ",len(fruit_list))
"""
***Output***
Length of list is  3
"""

Add items into list :

• append() function is used to add new items into list.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before insertion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will add  Banana at the end of list
fruit_list.append("Banana")
print("After insertion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before insertion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After insertion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango', 'Banana']
"""

Add item at particular index :

• insert() function is used to add new items into list at particular index.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before insertion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will add  Banana at index 1
fruit_list.insert(1,"Banana")
print("After insertion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before insertion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After insertion
['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange', 'Mango']
"""

Delete item from list :

• remove() function  used to remove item from list.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before deletion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will delete  Orange from list
fruit_list.remove("Orange")
print("After deletion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before deletion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After deletion
['Apple', 'Mango']
"""

Delete item using index :

• pop() function is used to delete or remove item from list using index.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before deletion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will delete  Orange from list
fruit_list.pop(1)
print("After deletion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before deletion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After deletion
['Apple', 'Mango']
"""

pop() function will delete last item if we do not pass index :

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before deletion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will delete  Mango from list
fruit_list.pop()
print("After deletion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before deletion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After deletion
['Apple', 'Orange']
"""

del keyword is also used to remove item using index :

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before deletion")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will delete  Orange from list
del fruit_list[1]
print("After deletion")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before deletion
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After deletion
['Apple', 'Mango']
"""

del keyword is also used to remove all the items of list :

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("List Items")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will delete  all the items of the list
del fruit_list
print("Deleted successfully")
"""
***Output***
List Items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
Deleted successfully
"""

Clear List :

• clear() function is used to clear or empty the list.

fruit_list=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("Before clear")
print(fruit_list)
#this line will empty the list
fruit_list.clear()
print("After clear")
print(fruit_list)
"""
***Output***
Before clear
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
After clear
[]
"""

Copy one list into another :

• copy() function is used to copy one list into another.

list1=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
print("list1 items")
print(list1)
#this line will copy list1 items into list2
list2=list1.copy()
print("list2 items")
print(list2)
"""
***Output***
list1 items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
list2 items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango']
"""

Join two lists using + symbol :

• We can join two list using plus(+) operator.

list1=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
list2=["Cherry","Grapes","Melon"]
#this line will join list1 and list2
list3=list1+list2
print("list3 items")
print(list3)
"""
***Output***
list3 items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango', 'Cherry', 'Grapes', 'Melon']
"""

Join two lists using extend function :

• extend() function is also used to join two list.

list1=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
list2=["Cherry","Grapes","Melon"]
#this line will join list1 and list2
list1.extend(list2)
print("list1 items")
print(list1)
"""
***Output***
list1 items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango', 'Cherry', 'Grapes', 'Melon']
"""

Join two lists using append function :

• append() function is also used to join two list.

list1=["Apple","Orange","Mango"]
list2=["Cherry","Grapes","Melon"]

for name in list2:
  list1.append(name)
print("list1 items")
print(list1)
"""
***Output***
list1 items
['Apple', 'Orange', 'Mango', 'Cherry', 'Grapes', 'Melon']
"""