# HG changeset patch # User Amit Sethi # Date 1289389794 -19800 # Node ID a9b71932cbfaf8d1aea641feb24163dde9feb2bf # Parent 430035b678f7fbc53f67a0323d9703dec537ba61 Added exercises and slides to getting started with symbolics diff -r 430035b678f7 -r a9b71932cbfa getting-started-with-lists/script.rst.orig --- a/getting-started-with-lists/script.rst.orig Wed Nov 10 12:23:40 2010 +0530 +++ b/getting-started-with-lists/script.rst.orig Wed Nov 10 17:19:54 2010 +0530 @@ -1,361 +1,224 @@ - - - -
- - -How do you create an empty list?
--empty=[] --
What is the most important property of sequence data types like lists?
-The elements are in order and can be accessed by index numbers.
-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']
-What is the index number of the first element in a list?
-0 -nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234] -nonempty[0]
-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]
-What is the function to find the length of a list?
-len
-Delete the last element from list sq=[5,4,3,2,1,0]
-del(sq[-1])
-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
-1. Add all elemets of seq1=['e','f','g','h'] -to the sequence seq=['a','b','c','d']
-