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3.1.4 List methods

Some useful methods of the list type are collected in the following Table 3.1:

Command Action
list.append(x) Add x to the end of the list.
list.extend(L) Extend the list by the elements of the list L.
list.insert(i,x) Insert x at position i.
list.remove(x) Remove the first item from the list whose value is x.
list.sort() Sort the items of the list.
list.reverse() Reverse the elements of the list.
list.pop() Remove the last element of the list.
Table 3.1: In-place methods of the datatype list

These methods are in-place operations, that is, they change the list directly.

Other methods, such as those given in Table 3.2, do not alter the list, but return some information or create a new list object:

Command Action
list.count(x) Count how often x appears in the list.
list.copy() Create a copy of the list.
Table 3.2: Methods...
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