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Listing 5 shows how to modify an item in a list using a subscription.
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listA = [3.14,59,"A string",1024]
listA[2]= "New string" |
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Listing 4 shows how to concatenate two lists.
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listA = [3.14,59,"A string",1024]
listB = [2,4,6,16]listC = listA + listB |
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Listing 3 shows how to access a slice from a list.
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print(theList[0:3]) |
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Listing 2 shows how to access an item in a list using a subscription.
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print(theList[2]) |
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Listing 1 shows a simple list.
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theList = [3.14,59,"A string",1024] |
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Lists are formed by placing a comma-separated sequence of expressions in square brackets.
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The items of a list are arbitrary Python objects.
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False. The characters in a string cannot be modified after the string is created.
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True. A string is a sequence.
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Mutable sequences can be changed after they are created.
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A dictionary.
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False. There is no character type in Python. Rather, a string's items are characters. A character is not a separate data type but a string containingexactly one character.
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The last item in the sequence is selected for an index value of -1.
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False. The integers may be positive or negative.
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If the primary is a sequence , the expression_list must evaluate to an integer or a slice.
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The primary must evaluate to an object of a sequence or mapping type.
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string, tuple and list and possibly range object
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False in the Python context. In Python, A subscription selects an item of a sequence object.
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