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List Methods

This page provides an overview of the various built-in methods available for working with lists in Python. This page covers the different operations you can perform on lists, such as adding, removing, sorting, and searching elements. It explains how these methods can be used to efficiently manipulate and work with collections of data within your Python programs. The information on this page serves as a comprehensive reference for the full range of list-related functionality that Python's programming language offers developers.

Function Description
append()

The append() method is a List method in Python that is used to add a new element to the end of a list. It modifies the original list in place and does not return a new list.

clear()

The clear() method in Python is a list method that removes all the elements from a list. It modifies the original list in place by making it empty.

copy()

The copy() function in Python is a method for lists that creates a shallow copy of the list. It returns a new list with the same elements as the original list.

count()

The count() method in Python is used to count the number of occurrences of a specified element in a list. It returns the number of times the specified element appears in the list.

extend()

The extend() method in Python is a list method that is used to extend a list by appending elements from another iterable object like a list, tuple, set, etc.

index()

The index() method in Python is a function specific to lists that returns the index of the first occurrence of a specified element in the list. If the element is not found, it will raise a ValueError.

insert()

The insert() method in Python is a List method used to insert an element at a specified index.

pop()

The pop() method in Python is a list method used to remove and return an element from a list based on the specified index.

remove()

The remove() method in Python is a List method that removes the first occurrence of a specified value from a list. If the value is not found in the list, it will raise a ValueError.

reverse()

The reverse() function is a method available for lists in Python.

sort()

The sort() method in Python is a built-in function that is used to sort the elements in a list in ascending order by default.