manipulating-lists/quickref.tex
author Amit Sethi
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:19:32 +0530
changeset 466 00c1ba1cb9ef
parent 423 0f0f4993cffe
permissions -rw-r--r--
Changes in getting started with list. Elaborating some points as suggested in review

Slicing \& Striding a list:\\
{\ex \lstinline|    A[start:stop:step]|} \lstinline|stop| excluded

Sorting a list:\\
{\ex \lstinline|    sorted(A)|} -- returns new list
{\ex \lstinline|    A.sort()|} -- in-place sort

Reversing a list:\\
{\ex \lstinline|    A[::-1]|} -- returns new list
{\ex \lstinline|    A.reverse()|} -- in-place reverse