Exploring Lists in Python

Beginner
7m 5s
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In this lesson, we’ll explore lists a bit closer and cover the ways to create and use lists. This lesson is part of a series of content designed to help you learn to program with the Python programming language.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the syntax for creating lists
  • Describe the concept of an index
  • Describe the concept of a range
  • Describe how to check a list for an object
  • Describe how to return the length of a collection

Intended Audience

This lesson was designed for first-time developers wanting to learn Python.

Prerequisites

This is an introductory lesson and doesn’t require any prior programming knowledge.

 

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Ben Lambert is a software engineer and was previously the lead author for DevOps and Microsoft Azure training content at Cloud Academy. His courses and learning paths covered Cloud Ecosystem technologies such as DC/OS, configuration management tools, and containers. As a software engineer, Ben’s experience includes building highly available web and mobile apps. When he’s not building software, he’s hiking, camping, or creating video games.

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