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            1.2. None, Empty Lists, and Initialization
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The indices start at 0. One can also access the elements of the
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; a[1]
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'Python programming'
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[10, 'Python programming', 20.3523, 'foo', 12, 23.3432, 54]
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[1]
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         <em>
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          List
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   441
 
         </em>
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   442
 
        </span>
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        . But this can also be done in a much easier way using negative indices:
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       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; num[-3:-1]
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   447
 
[7, 8, 9]
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   448
 
       </pre>
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   449
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_8">
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        Excluding the first index implies that the slice must start at the beginning of
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   451
 
the
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   452
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   453
 
         <em>
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   454
 
          List
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   455
 
         </em>
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   456
 
        </span>
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   457
 
        , while excluding the second index includes all the elements till the
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   458
 
end of the
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        <span class="emphasis">
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   460
 
         <em>
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          List
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   462
 
         </em>
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   463
 
        </span>
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        . A third parameter to a slice, which is implicitly taken as 1
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is the step of the slice. It is specified as a value which follows a colon after
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the second index:
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       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; num[:4]
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[1, 2, 3, 4]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; num[7:]
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[8, 9]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; num[-3:]
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[7, 8, 9]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; num[:]
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[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; num[4:9:3]
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   478
 
[5, 8]
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   479
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; num[3::2]
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   480
 
[4, 6, 8]
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   481
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; num[::4]
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   482
 
[1, 5, 9]
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       </pre>
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   484
 
      </div>
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      <div class="section" title="1.1.4.Multiplication">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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        <div>
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   488
 
         <div>
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   489
 
          <h4 class="title">
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           <a name="id3002905">
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           </a>
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           1.1.4.Multiplication
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          </h4>
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         </div>
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        </div>
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   496
 
       </div>
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       <p id="ch3list_tuples_9">
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        A
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        <span class="emphasis">
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         <em>
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          List
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   502
 
         </em>
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   503
 
        </span>
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        can be multiplied with an integer to repeat itself:
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       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; [20] * 5
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[20, 20, 20, 20, 20]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; [42, 'Python', 54] * 3
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[42, 'Python', 54, 42, 'Python', 54, 42, 'Python', 54]
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       </pre>
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   512
 
      </div>
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      <div class="section" title="1.1.5.Membership">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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        <div>
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   516
 
         <div>
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          <h4 class="title">
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           <a name="id3002929">
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           </a>
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           1.1.5.Membership
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          </h4>
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   522
 
         </div>
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   523
 
        </div>
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   524
 
       </div>
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       <p id="ch3list_tuples_a">
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        <span class="strong">
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   527
 
         <strong>
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   528
 
          in
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   529
 
         </strong>
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   530
 
        </span>
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        operator is used to find whether an element is part of the
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        <span class="emphasis">
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   533
 
         <em>
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   534
 
          List
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         </em>
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   536
 
        </span>
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   537
 
        . It
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   538
 
returns
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   539
 
        <span class="strong">
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   540
 
         <strong>
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   541
 
          True
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   542
 
         </strong>
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   543
 
        </span>
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        if the element is present in the
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        <span class="emphasis">
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   546
 
         <em>
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   547
 
          List
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   548
 
         </em>
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   549
 
        </span>
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   550
 
        or
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        <span class="strong">
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         <strong>
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          False
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         </strong>
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   555
 
        </span>
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        if it is not
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present. Since this operator returns a Boolean value it is called a Boolean
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operator:
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   559
 
       </p>
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   560
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; names = ['Guido', 'Alex', 'Tim']
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&gt;&gt;&gt; 'Tim' in names
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   563
 
True
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&gt;&gt;&gt; 'Adam' in names
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False
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   566
 
       </pre>
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   567
 
      </div>
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      <div class="section" title="1.1.6.Length, Maximum and Minimum">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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   570
 
        <div>
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   571
 
         <div>
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   572
 
          <h4 class="title">
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   573
 
           <a name="id3002972">
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   574
 
           </a>
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   575
 
           1.1.6.Length, Maximum and Minimum
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          </h4>
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   577
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   578
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   579
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   580
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_b">
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   581
 
        Length of a
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   582
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   583
 
         <em>
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   584
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   585
 
         </em>
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        </span>
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        can be found out using the len function. The max function
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returns the element with the largest value and the min function returns the
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element with the smallest value:
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       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; num = [4, 1, 32, 12, 67, 34, 65]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; len(num)
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7
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&gt;&gt;&gt; max(num)
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67
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&gt;&gt;&gt; min(num)
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1
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       </pre>
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      </div>
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      <div class="section" title="1.1.7.Changing Elements">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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   603
 
        <div>
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   604
 
         <div>
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          <h4 class="title">
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   606
 
           <a name="id3002997">
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   607
 
           </a>
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   608
 
           1.1.7.Changing Elements
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   609
 
          </h4>
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   610
 
         </div>
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   611
 
        </div>
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   612
 
       </div>
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       <p id="ch3list_tuples_c">
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        Unlike Strings
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   615
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   616
 
         <em>
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   617
 
          Lists
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   618
 
         </em>
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   619
 
        </span>
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        are mutable, i.e. elements of a
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        <span class="emphasis">
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   622
 
         <em>
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   623
 
          List
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   624
 
         </em>
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   625
 
        </span>
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   626
 
        can be manipulated:
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   627
 
       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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   629
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 3, 5, 7]
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   630
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a[2] = 9
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   631
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   632
 
[1, 3, 9, 7]
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   633
 
       </pre>
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   634
 
      </div>
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   635
 
      <div class="section" title="1.1.8.Deleting Elements">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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   637
 
        <div>
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   638
 
         <div>
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   639
 
          <h4 class="title">
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   640
 
           <a name="id3003022">
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   641
 
           </a>
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   642
 
           1.1.8.Deleting Elements
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          </h4>
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   644
 
         </div>
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   645
 
        </div>
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   646
 
       </div>
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   647
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_d">
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   648
 
        An element or a slice of a
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   649
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   650
 
         <em>
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   651
 
          List
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   652
 
         </em>
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   653
 
        </span>
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   654
 
        can be deleted by using the
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   655
 
        <span class="strong">
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   656
 
         <strong>
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   657
 
          del
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   658
 
         </strong>
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   659
 
        </span>
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   660
 
        statement:
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   661
 
       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   664
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; del a[-2:]
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   665
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   666
 
[1, 3, 5, 7]
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   667
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; del a[1]
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   668
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   669
 
[1, 5, 7]
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   670
 
       </pre>
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   671
 
      </div>
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      <div class="section" title="1.1.9.Assign to Slices">
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       <div class="titlepage">
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   674
 
        <div>
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   675
 
         <div>
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   676
 
          <h4 class="title">
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           <a name="id3003050">
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   678
 
           </a>
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   679
 
           1.1.9.Assign to Slices
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   680
 
          </h4>
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   681
 
         </div>
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   682
 
        </div>
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   683
 
       </div>
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   684
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_e">
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   685
 
        In the same way, values can be assigned to individual elements of the
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   686
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   687
 
         <em>
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   688
 
          List
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   689
 
         </em>
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   690
 
        </span>
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        ,
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   692
 
a
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   693
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   694
 
         <em>
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   695
 
          List
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   696
 
         </em>
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   697
 
        </span>
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   698
 
        of elements can be assigned to a slice:
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   699
 
       </p>
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       <pre class="programlisting">
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        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [2, 3, 4, 5]
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&gt;&gt;&gt; a[:2] = [0, 1]
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   703
 
[0, 1, 4, 5]
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   704
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a[2:2] = [2, 3]
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   705
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   706
 
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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   707
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a[2:4] = []
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   708
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   709
 
[0, 1, 4, 5]
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   710
 
       </pre>
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       <p id="ch3list_tuples_f">
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        The last two examples should be particularly noted carefully. The last but one
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   713
 
example insert elements or a list of elements into a
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   714
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   715
 
         <em>
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   716
 
          List
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   717
 
         </em>
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   718
 
        </span>
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   719
 
        and the last example
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   720
 
deletes a list of elements from the
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   721
 
        <span class="emphasis">
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   722
 
         <em>
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   723
 
          List
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   724
 
         </em>
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   725
 
        </span>
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   726
 
        .
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   727
 
       </p>
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   728
 
      </div>
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   729
 
     </div>
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   730
 
     <div class="section" title="1.2.None, Empty Lists, and Initialization">
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   731
 
      <div class="titlepage">
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diff changeset 
   732
 
       <div>
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diff changeset 
   733
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   734
 
         <h3 class="title">
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   735
 
          <a name="id3003090">
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   736
 
          </a>
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   737
 
          1.2.None, Empty Lists, and Initialization
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   738
 
         </h3>
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   739
 
        </div>
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   740
 
       </div>
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   741
 
      </div>
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   742
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_10">
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   743
 
       An
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   744
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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   745
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   746
 
         Empty List
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   747
 
        </em>
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   748
 
       </span>
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   749
 
       is a
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   750
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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   751
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   752
 
         List
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   753
 
        </em>
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   754
 
       </span>
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   755
 
       with no elements and is simply represented as
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   756
 
[]. A
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   757
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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diff changeset 
   758
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   759
 
         None List
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   760
 
        </em>
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   761
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   762
 
       is one with all elements in it being
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   763
 
       <span class="strong">
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   764
 
        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   765
 
         None
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   766
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   767
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   768
 
       . It serves
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   769
 
the purpose having a container list of some fixed number of elements with
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   770
 
no value:
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   771
 
      </p>
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   772
 
      <pre class="programlisting">
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   773
 
       &gt;&gt;&gt; a = []
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   774
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
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   775
 
[]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   776
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; n = [None] * 10
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   777
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; n
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   778
 
[None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   779
 
      </pre>
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   780
 
     </div>
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   781
 
     <div class="section" title="1.3.Nested Lists">
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   782
 
      <div class="titlepage">
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   783
 
       <div>
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   784
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   785
 
         <h3 class="title">
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   786
 
          <a name="id3003130">
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   787
 
          </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   788
 
          1.3.Nested Lists
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   789
 
         </h3>
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   790
 
        </div>
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diff changeset 
   791
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   792
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   793
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_11">
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   794
 
       As mentioned earlier, a List can contain elements of any data type. This also
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   795
 
implies a
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   796
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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diff changeset 
   797
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   798
 
         List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   799
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   800
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   801
 
       can have a
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diff changeset 
   802
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   803
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   804
 
         Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   805
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   806
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   807
 
       themselves as its elements. These are
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diff changeset 
   808
 
called as
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diff changeset 
   809
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   810
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   811
 
         Nested Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   812
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   813
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
   814
 
       . There is no limit on the depth of the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   815
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   816
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   817
 
         Nested Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   818
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   819
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   820
 
       :
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   821
 
      </p>
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   822
 
      <pre class="programlisting">
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   823
 
       &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, [1, 2, 3], 3, [1, [1, 2, 3]], 7]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   824
 
      </pre>
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   825
 
     </div>
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     <div class="section" title="1.4.List Methods">
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   827
 
      <div class="titlepage">
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   828
 
       <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   829
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
   830
 
         <h3 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   831
 
          <a name="id3003165">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   832
 
          </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   833
 
          1.4.List Methods
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   834
 
         </h3>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   835
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   836
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   837
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   838
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_12">
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   839
 
       A method is a function that is coupled to an object. More about objects
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   840
 
and its methods are discussed in Advanced Python module. In general, a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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   841
 
method is called like:
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   842
 
      </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   843
 
      <pre class="programlisting">
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   844
 
       object.method(arguments)
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   845
 
      </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   846
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_13">
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   847
 
       For now, it is enough to know that a list of elements is an object and
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   848
 
so
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   849
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   850
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   851
 
         List
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diff changeset 
   852
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   853
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   854
 
       methods can be called upon them. Also some of the methods change
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   855
 
the
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   856
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
   857
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
   858
 
         List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   859
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   860
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   861
 
       in-place, meaning it modifies the existing list instead of creating
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   862
 
a new one, while other methods don't. It must be noted as we run through
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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   863
 
the
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diff changeset 
   864
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   865
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   866
 
         List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
   867
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   868
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   869
 
       methods.
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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   870
 
      </p>
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amit@thunder
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   871
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_14">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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   872
 
       Some of the most commonly used
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diff changeset 
   873
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
   874
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   875
 
         List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
   876
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   877
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   878
 
       methods are as follows:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   879
 
      </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   880
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.1.append">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   881
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   882
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   883
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   884
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   885
 
           <a name="id3003212">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   886
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   887
 
           1.4.1.append
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   888
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   889
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   890
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   891
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   892
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_15">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   893
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   894
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   895
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   896
 
          append
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   897
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   898
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   899
 
        method is used to append an object at the end of the list:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   900
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   901
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   902
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; prime = [2, 3, 5]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   903
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; prime.append(7)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   904
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; prime
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   905
 
[2, 3, 5, 7]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   906
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   907
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_16">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   908
 
        It is important to note that append changes the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   909
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   910
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   911
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   912
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   913
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   914
 
        in-place.
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   915
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   916
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   917
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.2.count">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   918
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   919
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   920
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   921
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   922
 
           <a name="id3003241">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   923
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   924
 
           1.4.2.count
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   925
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   926
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   927
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   928
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   929
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_17">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   930
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   931
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   932
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   933
 
          count
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   934
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   935
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   936
 
        method returns the number of occurences of a particular element
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   937
 
in a list:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   938
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   939
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   940
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; [1, 4, 4, 9, 9, 9].count(9)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   941
 
3
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   942
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; tlst = ['Python', 'is', 'a', 'beautiful', 'language']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   943
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; tlst.count('Python')
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   944
 
1
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   945
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   946
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   947
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.3.extend">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   948
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   949
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   950
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   951
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   952
 
           <a name="id3003264">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   953
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   954
 
           1.4.3.extend
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   955
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   956
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   957
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   958
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   959
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_18">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   960
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   961
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   962
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   963
 
          extend
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   964
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   965
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   966
 
        method extends the list on which it is called by the list supplied
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   967
 
as argument to it:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   968
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   969
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   970
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 2, 3]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   971
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; b = [4, 5, 6]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   972
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.extend(b)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   973
 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   974
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   975
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_19">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   976
 
        This is an in-place method. This method is equivalent to using the + operator, but
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   977
 
using the + operator returns a new list.
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   978
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   979
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   980
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.4.index">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   981
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   982
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   983
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   984
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   985
 
           <a name="id3003292">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   986
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   987
 
           1.4.4.index
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   988
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   989
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   990
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   991
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   992
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1a">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   993
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   994
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   995
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   996
 
          index
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   997
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   998
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
   999
 
        method returns the index position of the element in the list
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1000
 
specified as argument:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1001
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1002
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1003
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 2, 3, ,4, 5]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1004
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.index(4)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1005
 
3
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1006
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1007
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1008
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.5.insert">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1009
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1010
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1011
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1012
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1013
 
           <a name="id3003311">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1014
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1015
 
           1.4.5.insert
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1016
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1017
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1018
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1019
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1020
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1b">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1021
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1022
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1023
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1024
 
          insert
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1025
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1026
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1027
 
        method is used to insert an element specified as the second
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1028
 
argument to the list at the position specified by the first argument:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1029
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1030
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1031
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = ['Python', 'is', 'cool']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1032
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.insert(2, 'so')
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1033
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1034
 
['Python', 'is', 'so', 'cool']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1035
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1036
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1c">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1037
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1038
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1039
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1040
 
          insert
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1041
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1042
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1043
 
        method changes the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1044
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1045
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1046
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1047
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1048
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1049
 
        in-place.
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1050
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1051
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1052
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.6.pop">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1053
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1054
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1055
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1056
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1057
 
           <a name="id3003346">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1058
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1059
 
           1.4.6.pop
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1060
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1061
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1062
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1063
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1064
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1d">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1065
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1066
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1067
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1068
 
          pop
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1069
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1070
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1071
 
        method removes an element from the list. The index position
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1072
 
of the element to be removed can be specified as an argument to the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1073
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1074
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1075
 
          pop
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1076
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1077
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1078
 
        method, if not it removes the last element by default:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1079
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1080
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1081
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1082
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.pop()
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1083
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1084
 
5
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1085
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.pop(2)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1086
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1087
 
3
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1088
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1089
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1e">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1090
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1091
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1092
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1093
 
          pop
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1094
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1095
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1096
 
        method changes the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1097
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1098
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1099
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1100
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1101
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1102
 
        in-place.
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1103
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1104
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1105
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.7.remove">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1106
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1107
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1108
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1109
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1110
 
           <a name="id3003383">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1111
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1112
 
           1.4.7.remove
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1113
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1114
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1115
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1116
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1117
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_1f">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1118
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1119
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1120
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1121
 
          remove
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1122
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1123
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1124
 
        method removes the first occurence of an element supplied as a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1125
 
parameter:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1126
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1127
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1128
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1129
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.remove(2)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1130
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1131
 
[1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1132
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1133
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1134
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.8.reverse">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1135
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1136
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1137
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1138
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1139
 
           <a name="id3003405">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1140
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1141
 
           1.4.8.reverse
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1142
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1143
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1144
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1145
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1146
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_20">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1147
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1148
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1149
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1150
 
          reverse
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1151
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1152
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1153
 
        method reverses elements in the list. It is important to note
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1154
 
here that
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1155
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1156
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1157
 
          reverse
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1158
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1159
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1160
 
        method changes the list in-place and doesn't return any
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1161
 
thing:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1162
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1163
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1164
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = ['guido', 'alex', 'tim']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1165
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.reverse()
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1166
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1167
 
['tim', 'alex', 'guido']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1168
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1169
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1170
 
      <div class="section" title="1.4.9.sort">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1171
 
       <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1172
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1173
 
         <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1174
 
          <h4 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1175
 
           <a name="id3003431">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1176
 
           </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1177
 
           1.4.9.sort
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1178
 
          </h4>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1179
 
         </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1180
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1181
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1182
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_21">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1183
 
        The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1184
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1185
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1186
 
          sort
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1187
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1188
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1189
 
        method is used to sort the elements of the list. The
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1190
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1191
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1192
 
          sort
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1193
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1194
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1195
 
        method
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1196
 
also sorts in-place and does not return anything:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1197
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1198
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1199
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [5, 1, 3, 7, 4]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1200
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a.sort()
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1201
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1202
 
[1, 3, 4, 5, 7]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1203
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1204
 
       <p id="ch3list_tuples_22">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1205
 
        In addition to the sort method on a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1206
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1207
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1208
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1209
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1210
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1211
 
        object we can also use the built-in
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1212
 
        <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1213
 
         <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1214
 
          sorted
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1215
 
         </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1216
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1217
 
        function. This function takes the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1218
 
        <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1219
 
         <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1220
 
          List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1221
 
         </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1222
 
        </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1223
 
        as a parameter and returns
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1224
 
a sorted copy of the list. However the original list is left intact:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1225
 
       </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1226
 
       <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1227
 
        &gt;&gt;&gt; a = [5, 1, 3, 7, 4]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1228
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; b = sorted(a)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1229
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; b
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1230
 
[1, 3, 4, 5, 7]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1231
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1232
 
[5, 1, 3, 7, 4]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1233
 
       </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1234
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1235
 
     </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1236
 
    </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1237
 
    <div class="section" title="2.Tuples">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1238
 
     <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1239
 
      <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1240
 
       <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1241
 
        <h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1242
 
         <a name="id3003481">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1243
 
         </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1244
 
         2.Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1245
 
        </h2>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1246
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1247
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1248
 
     </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1249
 
     <p id="ch3list_tuples_23">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1250
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1251
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1252
 
        Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1253
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1254
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1255
 
      are sequences just like
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1256
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1257
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1258
 
        Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1259
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1260
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1261
 
      , but they are immutable. In other
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1262
 
words
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1263
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1264
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1265
 
        Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1266
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1267
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1268
 
      provides a way to represent a group of items, where the group
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1269
 
of items cannot be changed in any way. The syntax of a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1270
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1271
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1272
 
        Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1273
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1274
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1275
 
      is also very
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1276
 
similar to
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1277
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1278
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1279
 
        List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1280
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1281
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1282
 
      . A
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1283
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1284
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1285
 
        Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1286
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1287
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1288
 
      is represented with the list of items, called
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1289
 
elements of the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1290
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1291
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1292
 
        Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1293
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1294
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1295
 
      separated by comma, with the entire list being enclosed
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1296
 
in parenthesis. It is not compulsory to use parenthesis around a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1297
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1298
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1299
 
        Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1300
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1301
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1302
 
      but
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1303
 
it may be necessary in some of the cases:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1304
 
     </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1305
 
     <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1306
 
      &gt;&gt;&gt; a = 1, 2, 3
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1307
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1308
 
(1, 2, 3)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1309
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; b = 1,
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; b
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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(1,)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     </pre>
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     <p id="ch3list_tuples_24">
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      It is interesting to note the second example. Just a value followed by a comma
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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automatically makes that an element of a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      with only one element. It is
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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also important to note that, irrespective of input having a parenthesis, the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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output always has a parenthesis.
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     </p>
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     <p id="ch3list_tuples_25">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      The first example is also known as
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1329
 
        Tuple packing
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      , because values are being
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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packed into a tuple. It is also possible to do
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1336
 
        Tuple unpacking
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1338
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1339
 
      which is more
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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interesting. It is better to understand that by example. Say we have a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1341
 
co-ordinate pair from which we need to separate x and y co-ordinates:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      &gt;&gt;&gt; a = (1, 2)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1345
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; x, y = a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1346
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; x
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1347
 
1
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1348
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; y
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1349
 
2
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1350
 
     </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     <p id="ch3list_tuples_26">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1352
 
      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1353
 
       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1354
 
        Tuple unpacking
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1355
 
       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1356
 
      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1357
 
      also has several other use-cases of which the most interesting
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1358
 
one is to swap the values of two variables. Using programming languages like C
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1359
 
would require anywhere around 10 lines of code and an extra temporary variable
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1360
 
to do this (including all the #include stuff). Python does it in the most
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1361
 
intuitive way in just one line. Say we want to swap the co-ordinates in the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1362
 
above example:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1363
 
     </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1364
 
     <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1365
 
      &gt;&gt;&gt; x, y = y, x
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1366
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; x
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1367
 
2
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1368
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; y
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1369
 
1
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1370
 
     </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     <div class="section" title="2.1.Common Tuple Operations">
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  1372
 
      <div class="titlepage">
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  1373
 
       <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1374
 
        <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1375
 
         <h3 class="title">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1376
 
          <a name="id3003578">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1377
 
          </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1378
 
          2.1.Common Tuple Operations
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1379
 
         </h3>
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  1380
 
        </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1381
 
       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1382
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <p id="ch3list_tuples_27">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1384
 
       There is no need to introduce all the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1385
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1386
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1387
 
         Tuple
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1388
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
  1389
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
  1390
 
       operations again, since
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1391
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1392
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
  1393
 
         Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1394
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1395
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1396
 
       support the following operations that
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1397
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1398
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1399
 
         List
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1400
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1401
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1402
 
       supports in exactly the same way:
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      </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <div class="itemizedlist">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <ul class="itemizedlist" type="*">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_28">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1408
 
          Indexing
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1409
 
         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_29">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1413
 
          Concatenating
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1414
 
         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_2a">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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          Slicing
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1419
 
         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1420
 
        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_2b">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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          Membership
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1424
 
         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_2c">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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          Multiplication
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <p id="ch3list_tuples_2d">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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          Length, Maximum, Minimum
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </ul>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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      <p id="ch3list_tuples_2e">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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       The following examples illustrate the above operations:
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      </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       &gt;&gt;&gt; a = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; a[5]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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6
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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&gt;&gt;&gt; b = (7, 8, 9)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; a + b
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; a[3:5]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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(4, 5)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; 5 in a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1451
 
True
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1452
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; c = (1,)
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1453
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; c * 5
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1454
 
(1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1455
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; len(a)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
  1456
 
6
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1457
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; max(a)
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diff changeset 
  1458
 
6
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1459
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; min(a)
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1460
 
1
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1461
 
      </pre>
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  1462
 
      <p id="ch3list_tuples_2f">
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diff changeset 
  1463
 
       However the following
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  1464
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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diff changeset 
  1465
 
        <em>
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1466
 
         List
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1467
 
        </em>
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diff changeset 
  1468
 
       </span>
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  1469
 
       operations are not supported by
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  1470
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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amit@thunder
parents:
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  1471
 
        <em>
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parents:
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  1472
 
         Tuples
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  1473
 
        </em>
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parents:
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  1474
 
       </span>
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diff changeset 
  1475
 
       because
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  1476
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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  1477
 
        <em>
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diff changeset 
  1478
 
         Tuples
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  1479
 
        </em>
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  1480
 
       </span>
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diff changeset 
  1481
 
       cannot be changed once they are created:
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  1482
 
      </p>
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  1483
 
      <div class="itemizedlist">
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  1484
 
       <ul class="itemizedlist" type="*">
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  1485
 
        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
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  1486
 
         <p id="ch3list_tuples_30">
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diff changeset 
  1487
 
          Changing elements
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1488
 
         </p>
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  1489
 
        </li>
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        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
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  1491
 
         <p id="ch3list_tuples_31">
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diff changeset 
  1492
 
          Deleting elements
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1493
 
         </p>
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parents:
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  1494
 
        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1495
 
        <li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: *">
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parents:
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  1496
 
         <p id="ch3list_tuples_32">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1497
 
          Assigning to slices
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1498
 
         </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1499
 
        </li>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1500
 
       </ul>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1501
 
      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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diff changeset 
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      <p id="ch3list_tuples_33">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1503
 
       Similarity to
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1504
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1505
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1506
 
         Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1507
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1508
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1509
 
       leads to the questions like, why not
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1510
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1511
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1512
 
         Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1513
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1514
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1515
 
       only? Why do
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amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1516
 
we even want
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1517
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1518
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1519
 
         Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1520
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1521
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1522
 
       ? Can we do the same with
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1523
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1524
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1525
 
         Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1526
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1527
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1528
 
       ? And the answer is
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1529
 
       <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1530
 
        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1531
 
         Yes
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1532
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1533
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1534
 
       we can do it, but
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1535
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1536
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1537
 
         Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1538
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1539
 
       </span>
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amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1540
 
       are helpful at times, like we can return Tuples from
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1541
 
functions. They are also returned by some built-in functions and methods. And
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parents:
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  1542
 
also there are some use cases like co-ordinate among other things. So
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  1543
 
       <span class="emphasis">
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  1544
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1545
 
         Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1546
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1547
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
diff changeset 
  1548
 
       are helpful.
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parents:
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  1549
 
      </p>
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  1550
 
     </div>
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  1551
 
    </div>
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    <div class="section" title="3.Additional Syntax">
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     <div class="titlepage">
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  1554
 
      <div>
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  1555
 
       <div>
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        <h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
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         <a name="id3003727">
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  1558
 
         </a>
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  1559
 
         3.Additional Syntax
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        </h2>
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       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     </div>
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     <p id="ch3list_tuples_34">
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  1565
 
      The following additional syntax are introduced to make it easier to operate on
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      <span class="emphasis">
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       <em>
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        Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1571
 
      .
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     </p>
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     <div class="section" title="3.1.range()">
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      <div class="titlepage">
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       <div>
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        <div>
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         <h3 class="title">
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          <a name="id3003745">
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          </a>
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          3.1.range()
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         </h3>
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        </div>
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       </div>
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      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <p id="ch3list_tuples_35">
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  1586
 
       The
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       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <em>
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  1589
 
         range
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        </em>
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       </span>
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       function takes at least one argument and 2 additional optional
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arguments. If two or more arguments are specified, the range function returns
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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a list of natural numbers starting from the first argument passed to it to the
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second argument. The third argument, if specified is used as a step. Suppose
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only one argument is specified, then
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       <span class="emphasis">
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        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         range
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </em>
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       </span>
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       function returns a list of natural
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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numbers starting from 0 upto the argument specified:
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      </p>
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      <pre class="programlisting">
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       &gt;&gt;&gt; range(5, 10, 2)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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[5, 7, 9]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; range(2, 15)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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&gt;&gt;&gt; range(12)
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
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      </pre>
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     </div>
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     <div class="section" title="3.2.for">
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      <div class="titlepage">
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       <div>
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        <div>
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         <h3 class="title">
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          <a name="id3003777">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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          </a>
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          3.2.for
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         </h3>
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        </div>
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       </div>
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      </div>
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      <p id="ch3list_tuples_36">
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  1627
 
       The
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       <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1630
 
         for
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1631
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1632
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1633
 
       keyword is used as a part of the looping construct. Unlike for loops
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1634
 
in other languages, Python's for is used to iterate through the elements of
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sequences like
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       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1638
 
         Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1639
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1640
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1641
 
       ,
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1644
 
         Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1645
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1646
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1647
 
       ,
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1648
 
       <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1649
 
        <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1650
 
         Dictionaries
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1651
 
        </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1652
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1653
 
       , etc. The syntax of the for loop
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1654
 
consists of
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1655
 
       <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1656
 
        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1657
 
         for
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1658
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1659
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1660
 
       , followed by a variable to hold the individual or the current
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
  1661
 
element of the list during iteration and
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1662
 
       <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1663
 
        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1664
 
         in
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1665
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1666
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1667
 
       , followed by the sequence and a
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
diff changeset 
  1668
 
semicolon(':') The next line which is part of the
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1669
 
       <span class="strong">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1670
 
        <strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1671
 
         for
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1672
 
        </strong>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1673
 
       </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1674
 
       loop, i.e the statements
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1675
 
that are part of the loop should start with a new intend:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1676
 
      </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1677
 
      <pre class="programlisting">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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parents:
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  1678
 
       &gt;&gt;&gt; names = ['Guido', 'Alex', 'Tim']
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1679
 
&gt;&gt;&gt; for name in names:
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
parents:
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  1680
 
...   print "Name =", name
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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diff changeset 
  1681
 
...
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
amit@thunder
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  1682
 
Name = Guido
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1683
 
Name = Alex
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1684
 
Name = Tim
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1685
 
      </pre>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1686
 
     </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1687
 
    </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1688
 
    <div class="section" title="4.Conclusion">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     <div class="titlepage">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        <h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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         <a name="id3003836">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1694
 
         </a>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1695
 
         4.Conclusion
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        </h2>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </div>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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     </div>
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     <p id="ch3list_tuples_37">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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  1701
 
      This section on
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      and
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        Tuples
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
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  1713
 
      introduces almost all the necessary
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  1714
 
machinary required to work on
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        Lists
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      and
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      <span class="emphasis">
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       <em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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        Tuples
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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       </em>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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      </span>
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      . Topics like how to
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use these data structures in bigger more useful programs will be introduced
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in the subsequent chapters.
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     </p>
cb14131583c6 Started on final changes to the build scripts so that we can start with totally automatic builds
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    </div>
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   </div>
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  </div>
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 </body>
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