diff -r 88a01948450d -r d33698326409 getting-started-with-lists/questions.rst.orig --- a/getting-started-with-lists/questions.rst.orig Wed Nov 17 23:24:57 2010 +0530 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -Objective Questions -------------------- - -.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers) - -1. How do you create an empty list? :: - - empty=[] - -2. What is the most important property of sequence data types like lists? - - The elements are in order and can be accessed by index numbers. - -3. Can you have a list inside a list ? - - Yes,List can contain all the other data types, including list. - - Example: - list_in_list=[2.3,[2,4,6],'string,'all datatypes can be there'] - -4. What is the index number of the first element in a list? - - 0 - nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234] - nonempty[0] - -5. How would you access the end of a list without finding its length? - - Using negative indices. We can the list from the end using negative indices. - - :: - nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234] - nonempty[-1] - -6. What is the function to find the length of a list? - - len - -7. Delete the last element from list sq=[5,4,3,2,1,0] - - del(sq[-1]) - -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]? - - 3 - -Larger Questions ----------------- - -.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers) - -1. Add all elemets of seq1=['e','f','g','h'] -to the sequence seq=['a','b','c','d'] - -2. Delete all elements of seq1=[3,5,6] from sequence - seq=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]