PYTHON COMMON LIST METHODS

The Python List type contains various methods that can be used to interface with list collections. Below is a list of some of these methods.

Ex.

myList = [“Red”, “Green”, “Blue”]

len()

Returns   the length of the string. (Not exclusive to string types.

IN:          len(myList)

OUT:      3

myList.append()

Adds an item to the   end of the list.

IN:          myList.append(“Purple”)

OUT:      [“Red”, “Green”, “Blue”, “Purple”]

myList.reverse()

Reverses   the elements in the list

IN:          myList.reverse()

OUT:      [“Blue”, “Green”, “Red”]

myList.remove(y)

Removes the first item   from the list whose value is y.

IN:          myList.remove(“Blue”)

OUT:      [“Red”, “Green”

For   a complete listing of Python List methods, visit: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html