getting_started_with_lists/questions.rst
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Objective Questions
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.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers)
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1. How do you create an empty list? ::
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   empty=[]
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2. What is the most important property of sequence data types like lists?
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   The elements are in order and can be accessed by index numbers.
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3. Can you have a list inside a list ? 
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   Yes,List can contain all the other data types, including list. 
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   Example:
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   list_in_list=[2.3,[2,4,6],'string,'all datatypes can be there']
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4. What is the index number of the first element in a list?
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   nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234]
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   nonempty[0]
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5. How would you access the end of a list without finding its length?
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   Using negative indices. We can the list from the end using negative indices.
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   ::
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   nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234]
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   nonempty[-1]
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6. What is the function to find the length of a list?
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   len
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7. Delete the last element from list sq=[5,4,3,2,1,0]
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   del(sq[-1])
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8. How many will you have to use remove function to remove all 6's from the given list sq=[2,5,6,7,6,4,6]?
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Larger Questions
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.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers)
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1. Add all elemets of seq1=['e','f','g','h']
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to the sequence seq=['a','b','c','d']
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2. Delete all elements of seq1=[3,5,6] from sequence
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   seq=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]