Lists

Lists
More than just objects
• Usually we are not dealing with a few objects
• We can have a long list of numbers
• A list of shopping items
• I list of names of students
• A list of vehicles that did not pay tax
……… what? List?
Yes List
• Think of a few lists
Lists in Python
Lists in Python
• Lists in python are simple
• As usual, no detail related to memory allocation shared
• Just put the elements in the list of any type
• Each list consists of objects
Creating a List
DIY
• mylist = [1,2,3,4]
Creating an empty list
DIY

mylist = []
Printing the whole list
DIY

mylist = [1,2,3,4]
print(mylist)
List index start at 0
DIY

• Every item in a list has an index

• First item is at index 0
• Second item is at index 1
• 50th Item is at index 49
Index example
DIY
mylist = [5,7,9,11]

Element in mylist on index 0 is: 5

Element in mylist on index 1 is: 7
Element in mylist on index 2 is: 9
Element in mylist on index 3 is: 11
Accessing an element of a DIY
list

mylist = [1,2,3,4]
print(mylist[2])

>>> 3
 Accessing Elements: Example DIY
nameList = ["Tom", "Dick", "Harry"]

print( nameList[1])
print( nameList[0])
print( nameList[2])

>>>
Dick
Tom
Harry
Changing Element of a List
DIY
mylist = [1,2,3,4]

mylist[0] = 25
Changing Elements
DIY
mylist = [1,2,3,4]
print(mylist)
mylist[0] = 25
mylist[3] = 0
print(mylist)

>>>
[1, 2, 3, 4]
[25, 2, 3, 0]
Assigning one element DIY
of a List to another
mylist = [2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22]
print(mylist)
mylist[0] = mylist[5]
mylist[6] = mylist[3]
print(mylist)

>>>
[2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22]
[12, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 8, 16, 18, 20, 22]
Checking length of list
DIY
mylist = [1,2,3,4]
mylist2 = [2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22]

print( len(mylist) )
print( len(mylist2) )
Adding elements later (at the end)
DIY
mylist = [2,4,6,8,10]
print(mylist)
mylist.append(55)
mylist.append(66)
print(mylist)

>>>
[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
[2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 55, 66]
Delete Elements
DIY

mylist.pop(3)

Delete an element from 3rd index of the list.

Delete Elements
DIY
mylist = [2,4,6,8,10]
print(mylist)
mylist.pop(3)
print(mylist)

>>>
[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
[2, 4, 6, 10]
Insert an element
DIY
mylist = [2,4,6,8,10]
print(mylist)
mylist.insert(3, 20)
print(mylist)

>>>
[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
[2, 4, 6, 20, 8, 10]
List of objects
• Please remember, every List is a list of objects
• Because everything we represent in Python is an object
• This means a list can have multiple type of data

y=9
F = [2, 3.7, False, "Yes", True, -99.32, y]
Getting a sub-list
DIY
thelist = [2,4,5,7,9,11,12,14]
print( thelist )
print( thelist[2:5] )

From index To index

[2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14]

[5, 7, 9]
>>>
Joining Two Lists
DIY
• There are 2 ways of doing that

• By using Extend method

• By using + operator
Joining Two Lists
DIY
a = [1,3,5,7]
b = [2,4,6,8]
a.extend(b)
print(a)

[1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 8]
>>>
Joining Two Lists
DIY
a = [1,3,5,7]
b = [2,4,6,8]
a= a+b
print(a)

[1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 8]
>>>
Removing a particular item
DIY
• Remove method

mygrades = ["A", "B", "A-" , "B+", "C"]

mygrades.remove("B")
print(mygrades)

['A', 'A-', 'B+', 'C']

>>>
Removing a particular item
DIY
• Remove method

mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
mynums.remove(4)
print(mynums)

[1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 5, 4, 3, 2, 17]

>>>
Remove vs Pop
DIY
• Pop removes and return an item on an Index

• Remove will remove the first occurrence of an item

 Find out the index of an item DIY

mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
print(mynums.index(5))

4
>>>
Count the occurrences of an element
DIY

mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
print(mynums.count(5))

2
>>>
Sorting Lists
DIY
• Sort()

• Function Sort can be called only if all elements are of same type
Sorting
DIY

mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
mynums.sort()
print(mynums)

[1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 12, 17]

>>>
 DIY
Sorting
a = ["Rashid","Ahmed","Zeeshan","Babar","Abdullah","Shahid"]
a.sort()
print(a)

['Abdullah', 'Ahmed', 'Babar', 'Rashid', 'Shahid', 'Zeeshan']

>>>
Reversing the order
DIY
mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
print(mynums)
mynums.reverse()
print(mynums)

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 5, 4, 3, 2, 17]

[17, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
>>>
Maximum Value
DIY

a = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
print(max(a))

17
>>>
Maximum Value
DIY

a = ["Rashid","Ahmed","Zeeshan","Babar"]
print(max(a))

Zeeshan
>>>
Minimum Value
DIY

a = [1,2,3,4,5,7,12,5,4,3,2,17]
print(min(a))

1
>>>
Minimum Value
DIY

a = ["Rashid","Ahmed","Zeeshan","Babar"]
print(min(a))

Ahmed
>>>
List Example: Incrementing
DIY
• Incrementing everything in a list by 2
thelist = [1,3,4,8,43,6,3,0,33,12,3,7,9,18]
print(thelist)
for i in range(0,len(thelist)):
thelist[i] +=2
print(thelist)

[1, 3, 4, 8, 43, 6, 3, 0, 33, 12, 3, 7, 9, 18]

[3, 5, 6, 10, 45, 8, 5, 2, 35, 14, 5, 9, 11, 20]
>>>
Elements of list
DIY
• Every element of list is an Object

mybools = [True, False, True, True, False]

mynums = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
myfloats = [1.0, 2.1, 3.2, 4.5 , 5.6]
mystrings =["Hello","how", "are","you"]
mymix = [3,5.7,"Hello",False]
Objects in a list
DIY
• Lists can contain integers
• Lists can contain floats
• Lists can contain boolean
• Lists can contain strings
• Lists can contain other objects
• Lists can contain …………….. Lists !
Lists of Lists
List in a List?
DIY
a = [1,2,3]
b = [4,5,6]
Superlist = [a,b]

print(Superlist)

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]

>>>
Example: List in a List?
DIY
a = [1,2,3]
b = [4,5,6]
c = [7,8,9]
Superlist = [a,b,c]

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

>>>
Imagine Output …
DIY
[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
>>>

or

[
[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9]
]
As a grid!
Grid
• Grid has some rows
• Grid has some columns
Row 1 Row 1 Row 1
Col 1 Col 2 Col 3

Row 2 Row 2 Row 2

Col 1 Col 2 Col 3

Row 3 Row 3 Row 3

Col 1 Col 2 Col 3
Grid in python
• Grid rows index start from 0
• Grid column index starts from 0
Row 0 Row 0 Row 0
Col 0 Col 1 Col 2

Row 1 Row 1 Row 1

Col 0 Col 1 Col 2

Row 2 Row 2 Row 2

Col 0 Col 1 Col 2