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diff --git a/getting_started_with_lists/script.rst b/getting_started_with_lists/script.rst index d3d528e..43bb612 100644 --- a/getting_started_with_lists/script.rst +++ b/getting_started_with_lists/script.rst @@ -1,58 +1,32 @@ -.. Objectives -.. ---------- - -.. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to - -.. Create Lists. -.. Access List elements. -.. Append elemets to list -.. Delete list elemets - -.. 1. getting started with ipython - - - -.. Prerequisites -.. ------------- - -.. 1. getting started with strings -.. #. getting started with lists -.. #. basic datatypes - -.. Author : Amit - Internal Reviewer : Anoop Jacob Thomas <anoop@fossee.in> - External Reviewer : - Language Reviewer : Bhanukiran - Checklist OK? : <12-11-2010, Anand, OK> [2010-10-05] - - Script ------ .. L1 -{{{ Show the first slide containing title, name of the production -team along with the logo of MHRD }}} +{{{ Show the Title slide }}} .. R1 Hello friends and welcome to the tutorial on "Getting started with -lists". +Lists". .. L2 -{{{ Show slide with objectives }}} +{{{ Show 'objectives' slide }}} .. R2 -In this tutorial we will be getting acquainted with a python data -structure called lists. At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to, 1. Create lists #. Access list elements #. Append elements to lists #. Delete elements from lists + #. Find length of the lists + +.. L3 + +{{{ Show 'Lists' slide }}} .. R3 @@ -60,37 +34,38 @@ List is a compound data type, it can contain data of mutually different datatypes. List is also a sequence data type where all the elements are arranged in a specific order. -Start the ipython interpreter and first create an empty list with no -elements. +.. L4 -.. L3 -:: - ipython empty = [] type(empty) .. R4 - -This is an empty list without any elements. -Lets define a non-empty list as: +Let us start the IPython interpreter and creat an empty list. So, type on the +terminal ipython. Now, to create an empty list we say empty is equal to empty +square brackets. Remember that 'empty' is just a name of the list, we could give +any name required. Further, let us check the data type of the 'empty'. For this +we say, type(empty) and hitenter. As we can see 'empty' variable is of type +list. -.. L4 -:: +.. L5 +:: nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234] .. R5 + +That was about empty list. Now, let us define a non-empty list with some +elements in it. So, we say, nonempty is equal to within square brackets in +single quotes spam coma in single quotes eggs coma hundred coma one point two +three four. + -Thus, the simplest way of creating a list is typing out a sequence -of comma-separated values (or items) between two square brackets. +.. L4 + +.. R5 -As we can see, lists can contain different kinds of data. In the -previous example 'spam' and 'eggs' are strings whereas 100 and 1.234 are -integer and float respectively. Thus, we can put elements of different -datatypes in lists including lists itself. This property makes lists -heterogeneous data structures. Let us include a list within a list. |