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"source": [
"# [Lists](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#lists)"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"my_empty_list = []\n",
"print('empty list: {}, type: {}'.format(my_empty_list, type(my_empty_list)))"
]
},
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"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
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"list_of_ints = [1, 2, 6, 7]\n",
"list_of_misc = [0.2, 5, 'Python', 'is', 'still fun', '!']\n",
"print('lengths: {} and {}'.format(len(list_of_ints), len(list_of_misc)))"
]
},
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"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## Accessing values"
]
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"source": [
"my_list = ['Python', 'is', 'still', 'cool']\n",
"print(my_list[0])\n",
"print(my_list[3])"
]
},
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"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"coordinates = [[12.0, 13.3], [0.6, 18.0], [88.0, 1.1]] # two dimensional\n",
"print('first coordinate: {}'.format(coordinates[0]))\n",
"print('second element of first coordinate: {}'.format(coordinates[0][1]))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## Updating values"
]
},
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"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"my_list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]\n",
"my_list[0] = 99\n",
"print(my_list)\n",
"\n",
"# remove first value\n",
"del my_list[0]\n",
"print(my_list)"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## Checking if certain value is present in list"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"languages = ['Java', 'C++', 'Go', 'Python', 'JavaScript']\n",
"if 'Python' in languages:\n",
" print('Python is there!')"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"if 6 not in [1, 2, 3, 7]:\n",
" print('number 6 is not present')"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## List are mutable"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"original = [1, 2, 3]\n",
"modified = original\n",
"modified[0] = 99\n",
"print('original: {}, modified: {}'.format(original, modified))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"You can get around this by creating new `list`:"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"original = [1, 2, 3]\n",
"modified = list(original) # Note list() \n",
"modified[0] = 99\n",
"print('original: {}, modified: {}'.format(original, modified))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `list.append()`"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"my_list = [1]\n",
"my_list.append('ham')\n",
"print(my_list)"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `list.remove()`"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"my_list = ['Python', 'is', 'sometimes', 'fun']\n",
"my_list.remove('sometimes')\n",
"print(my_list)\n",
"\n",
"# If you are not sure that the value is in list, better to check first:\n",
"if 'Java' in my_list:\n",
" my_list.remove('Java')\n",
"else:\n",
" print('Java is not part of this story.')"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `list.sort()`"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"numbers = [8, 1, 6, 5, 10]\n",
"numbers.sort()\n",
"print('numbers: {}'.format(numbers))\n",
"\n",
"numbers.sort(reverse=True)\n",
"print('numbers reversed: {}'.format(numbers))\n",
"\n",
"words = ['this', 'is', 'a', 'list', 'of', 'words']\n",
"words.sort()\n",
"print('words: {}'.format(words))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `sorted(list)`\n",
"While `list.sort()` sorts the list in-place, `sorted(list)` returns a new list and leaves the original untouched:"
]
},
{
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"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"numbers = [8, 1, 6, 5, 10]\n",
"sorted_numbers = sorted(numbers)\n",
"print('numbers: {}, sorted: {}'.format(numbers, sorted_numbers))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `list.extend()`"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"first_list = ['beef', 'ham']\n",
"second_list = ['potatoes',1 ,3]\n",
"first_list.extend(second_list)\n",
"print('first: {}, second: {}'.format(first_list, second_list))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Alternatively you can also extend lists by summing them:"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"first = [1, 2, 3]\n",
"second = [4, 5]\n",
"first += second # same as: first = first + second\n",
"print('first: {}'.format(first))\n",
"\n",
"# If you need a new list\n",
"summed = first + second\n",
"print('summed: {}'.format(summed))"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"## `list.reverse()`"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": null,
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"source": [
"my_list = ['a', 'b', 'ham']\n",
"my_list.reverse()\n",
"print(my_list)"
]
}
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