AI engineering glossary · Python core

What is list?

List: An ordered, mutable sequence written in square brackets that can hold items of any type, including duplicates. Elements are reached by index, and methods such as append, insert, remove, pop, sort and extend change it in place.

Level: beginnerTopic: Python core

List: an example

marks = [72, 85, 90]; marks.append(64) makes it [72, 85, 90, 64]; marks[1] is 85.

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