Python Programming Language: List Functions

Hi everyone, welcome back. Lists are a data structure in the Python language that are capable of storing several items in to a singular list variable. Lists are a built in data type in Python and we will go over functions regarding lists. For a more in depth tutorial on lists in Python, click here.

List Functions

• append(): adds an item at the end of the list
• clear(): removes every item from the list
• copy(): retrieves a copy of the list
• count(): retrieves the number of items with the given value
• extend(): adds the items of another list or other iterable into the end of the list
• index(): retrieve the index number of the first item with the given value
• insert(): adds an item at a given index position in the list
• pop(): removes an item at the given index position from the list
• remove(): removes the first item of the given value from the list
• reverse(): reverses the order of the items in the list
• sort(): sorts the list by the given sorting technique