Chapter 7 Part 2

Question 1

Slice

Answer 1

A span of items that are taken from a sequence

Question 2

Describe list[ : ]

Answer 2

list is what you want to slice followed the the start:end:step.

Question 3

What is the in operator?

Answer 3

You use the in operator to determine whether an item is in a list.

Question 4

list.append(item)

Answer 4

Used to add items to a list (added at the end of the list).

Question 5

list.index(item)

Answer 5

Finds the item’s location in a list.

Question 6

list.insert(index,item)

Answer 6

Used to insert something in a specific index location.

Question 7

list.sort()

Answer 7

Sorts the elements of the list in ascending order.

Question 8

list.remove(item)

Answer 8

Removes the first occurrence of an item.

Question 9

list.reverse()

Answer 9

Reverses the order of the elements in a list.

Question 10

del Statement

Answer 10

Removes an element from a specific index in a list.

del list[i]

Question 11

min(list) and max(list) Functions

Answer 11

Built-in functions that returns the highest or lowest value in a sequence.

Question 12

What are the two ways to copy a list?

Answer 12

1. concatenate with a new list

2. create a loop that puts the elements of the list into a new list