e-learning
Python - Lists & Strings & Dictionaries
Abstract
Doing calculations with hundreds of variables called pressure_001, pressure_002, etc. would be at least as slow as doing them by hand. Using a list to store many values together solves that problems. Lists are surrounded by square brackets: [, ], with values separated by commas:
About This Material
This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.
Questions this will address
- How can I store multiple values?
Learning Objectives
- Explain why programs need collections of values.
- Write programs that create flat lists, index them, slice them, and modify them through assignment and method calls.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Keywords: Foundations of Data Science, jupyter-notebook
Target audience: Students
Resource type: e-learning
Version: 6
Status: Active
Learning objectives:
- Explain why programs need collections of values.
- Write programs that create flat lists, index them, slice them, and modify them through assignment and method calls.
Date modified: 2024-06-25
Date published: 2022-04-25
Contributors: Bazante Sanders, Donny Vrins, Helena Rasche, The Carpentries
Scientific topics: Software engineering
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