Sample code to understand lists in python

Author: ashutosh97

samplelists.py

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+# We now will build some lists using some loops and print them out:
+the_count = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+fruits = ['apples', 'oranges', 'pears', 'apricots']
+change = [1, 'pennies', 2, 'dimes', 3, 'quarters']
+
+# this first kind of for-loop goes through a list
+for number in the_count:
+ print "This is count %d" % number
+
+# same as above
+for fruit in fruits:
+ print "A fruit of type: %s" % fruit
+
+# also we can go through mixed lists too
+# notice we have to use %r since we don't know what's in it
+for i in change:
+ print "I got %r" % i
+
+# we can also build lists, first start with an empty one
+elements = []
+
+# then use the range function to do 0 to 5 counts
+for i in range(0, 6):
+ print "Adding %d to the list." % i
+
+# append is a function that lists understand
+ elements.append(i)
+
+# now we can print them out too
+for i in elements:
+ print "Element was: %d" % i