Ch08-1-Lists.ipynb

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   "source": [
    "# 8 Lists\n",
    "<a href=\"https://colab.research.google.com/github/rambasnet/FDSPython-Notebooks/blob/master/Ch08-1-Lists.ipynb\" target=\"_parent\"><img src=\"https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg\" alt=\"Open In Colab\"/></a>\n",
    "\n",
    "- http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/lists.html\n",
    "\n",
    "## Topics\n",
    "- list data structure\n",
    "- syntax to create lists\n",
    "- methods or operations provided to list objects\n",
    "- list operators\n",
    "- list traversal\n",
    "- list applications and problems\n",
    "\n",
    "## 8.1 Lists\n",
    "- a type of sequence or container\n",
    "- ordered collection of values called elements or items\n",
    "- lists are similar to strings (ordered collections of characters) except that elements of a list can be of any type"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.2 Creating lists\n",
    "- several ways; the simplest is to enclose the elements in square brackets [ ]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 15,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "alist = [] # an empty list"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "blist = list() # an empty list"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "list"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 17,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "type(alist)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 18,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# creating lists with some elements of same type\n",
    "list1 = [10, 20, 30, 40]\n",
    "list2 = ['spam', 'bungee', 'swallow']"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# lists with elements of different types\n",
    "list3 = [\"hello\", 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 20,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# print list\n",
    "print(list3)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 21,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# quickly create a list of range of numbers between 1 and 19\n",
    "list4 = list(range(1, 20, 1))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(list4)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 23,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[] [10, 20, 30, 40] ['spam', 'bungee', 'swallow'] ['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# print multiple lists\n",
    "print(alist, list1, list2, list3)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Exercise: create a list of even numbers between 1 and 20 inclusive"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Exercise: create a list of odd numbers between 1 and 20 inclusive"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 13,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Exercise: create a list of numbers from 20 to 1 inclusive"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.3 Accessing elements\n",
    "- same syntax for accessing characters of a string, the index operator: ['index']"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 14,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[10, 20, 30, 40]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 14,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# let's see what elements are in list1\n",
    "list1"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 15,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "10"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 15,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# access an element, which one?\n",
    "list1[0]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 16,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'hello'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 17,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list3[2-2]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 18,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "hello\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# list index can be variable as well\n",
    "index = 0\n",
    "print(list3[index])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 19,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "TypeError",
     "evalue": "list indices must be integers or slices, not float",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-19-1fc6b2fe2f36>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      1\u001b[0m \u001b[0;31m# can you use float value as an index?\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 2\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0mlist3\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m[\u001b[0m\u001b[0;36m1.0\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m]\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: list indices must be integers or slices, not float"
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    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# can you use float value as an index?\n",
    "list3[1.0]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 20,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "5"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 20,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# how many elements are there in list3?\n",
    "len(list3)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 21,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "IndexError",
     "evalue": "list index out of range",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mIndexError\u001b[0m                                Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-21-207cd7e1c880>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      1\u001b[0m \u001b[0;31m# what happens if you access an index equal to the size of the list\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 2\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0mlist3\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m[\u001b[0m\u001b[0;36m5\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m]\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mIndexError\u001b[0m: list index out of range"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# what happens if you access an index equal to the size of the list\n",
    "list3[5]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 3,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Exercise: access and print the last element of list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "(1, 'uno')\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# Can we use negative index?\n",
    "# Can you guess the output of the following code?\n",
    "print(list3[-1])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 32,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Exercise - access and print 'world' in list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.4 Membership\n",
    "- checking if some data/object is a member/element in the given list\n",
    "- **in** and **not in** boolean operators let's you check for membership"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 1,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "horsemen = [\"war\", \"famine\", \"pestilence\", [\"death\"]]\n",
    "'death' in horsemen"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 2,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "'War' not in horsemen"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 3,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "[\"death\"] in horsemen"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.5 Traversing lists\n",
    "- for or while loop can be used to traverse through each element of a list"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 29,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 29,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "hello\n",
      "2.0\n",
      "10\n",
      "[10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5]\n",
      "(1, 'uno')\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# common technique; use for loop\n",
    "for item in list3:\n",
    "    print(item)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "hello\n",
      "2.0\n",
      "10\n",
      "10\n",
      "('hi', 'world')\n",
      "3.5\n",
      "1\n",
      "uno\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "for item in list3:\n",
    "    if isinstance(item, list) or isinstance(item, tuple):\n",
    "        for l in item:\n",
    "            print(l)\n",
    "    else:\n",
    "        print(item)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 8,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "war\n",
      "famine\n",
      "pestilence\n",
      "death\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "horsemen = [\"war\", \"famine\", \"pestilence\", \"death\"]\n",
    "for i in [0, 1, 2, 3]:\n",
    "    print(horsemen[i])\n",
    "# better way to do the same thing?"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 10,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "traversing using indices\n",
      "war\n",
      "famine\n",
      "pestilence\n",
      "death\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(\"traversing using indices\")\n",
    "for i in range(len(horsemen)):\n",
    "    print(horsemen[i])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "traversing each element\n",
      "war\n",
      "famine\n",
      "pestilence\n",
      "death\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print('traversing each element')\n",
    "for ele in horsemen:\n",
    "    print(ele)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.6 list operators\n",
    "- \\+ operator concatenates two lists and gives a bigger list\n",
    "- \\* operator repeats a list elements a given number of times"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['spam', 'bungee', 'swallow']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 24,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list2"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 26,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['hello', 2.0, 10, [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5], (1, 'uno')]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 26,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 27,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "list4 = list2 + list3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 28,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['spam',\n",
       " 'bungee',\n",
       " 'swallow',\n",
       " 'hello',\n",
       " 2.0,\n",
       " 10,\n",
       " [10, ('hi', 'world'), 3.5],\n",
       " (1, 'uno')]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 28,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "list4"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 29,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 29,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "[0]*10"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 30,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a = [1, 2, 3]*4"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 31,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 31,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 32,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "b = [a]*3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 33,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3],\n",
       " [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3],\n",
       " [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 33,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "b"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 42,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# 2-D list or matrix\n",
    "matrix = [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 43,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(matrix)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 44,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 44,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "matrix"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 45,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# How do you replace 5 with 50 in matrix?\n",
    "matrix[2][0] = 50"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 46,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[[1, 2], [3, 4], [50, 6]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 46,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "matrix"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.7 Slicing lists\n",
    "- all the slice operations that work with strings also work with lists\n",
    "- syntax: [startIndex : endIndex : step]\n",
    "- startIndex is inclusive; endIndex is exclusive; step is optional by default 1"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 36,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# create a list of lower-case alphabets\n",
    "alphas = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g'] # add the rest..."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 37,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 37,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 38,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# there's better way to create lists of all lowercase ascii\n",
    "import string\n",
    "alphas = list(string.ascii_lowercase)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 39,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(alphas[:])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 40,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['a', 'd', 'g', 'j', 'm', 'p', 's', 'v', 'y']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(alphas[::3])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 41,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['b', 'c']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(alphas[1:3])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 42,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['z', 'y', 'x', 'w', 'v', 'u', 't', 's', 'r', 'q', 'p', 'o', 'n', 'm', 'l', 'k', 'j', 'i', 'h', 'g', 'f', 'e', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(alphas[::-1])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.8 Lists and strings\n",
    "- match made in heaven - work together really well :)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 44,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# convert string to list of characters\n",
    "alphaList = list(string.ascii_lowercase)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 45,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['a',\n",
       " 'b',\n",
       " 'c',\n",
       " 'd',\n",
       " 'e',\n",
       " 'f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 45,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphaList"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 46,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# convert list to string by joining pairs of chars with a delimiter\n",
    "alphaStr = '|'.join(alphaList)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 47,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 47,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphaStr"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.9 lists are mutable\n",
    "- we can change/replace/update list elements in place"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 48,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "names = [\"john\", \"David\", \"Alice\"]\n",
    "names[0] = \"jake\""
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 49,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['jake', 'David', 'Alice']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 49,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "names"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 50,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'j'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 50,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# How to correct spelling of jake?\n",
    "names[0][0]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 51,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "TypeError",
     "evalue": "'str' object does not support item assignment",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-51-0442e9474c4b>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0mnames\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m[\u001b[0m\u001b[0;36m0\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m]\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m[\u001b[0m\u001b[0;36m0\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m]\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m=\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m'J'\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: 'str' object does not support item assignment"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "names[0][0] = 'J'"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 52,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "names[0] = 'Jake'"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 53,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['Jake', 'David', 'Alice']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 53,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "names"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 54,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['a',\n",
       " 'b',\n",
       " 'c',\n",
       " 'd',\n",
       " 'e',\n",
       " 'f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 54,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 55,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "alphas[:4] = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 56,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['A',\n",
       " 'B',\n",
       " 'C',\n",
       " 'D',\n",
       " 'e',\n",
       " 'f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 56,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 57,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "alphas[:4] = []"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 58,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['e',\n",
       " 'f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 58,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.10 Deleting list elements\n",
    "- del statement removes an element from a list given its index"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 59,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['e',\n",
       " 'f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 59,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 60,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "del alphas[0]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 61,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['f',\n",
       " 'g',\n",
       " 'h',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 61,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 62,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "IndexError",
     "evalue": "list assignment index out of range",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mIndexError\u001b[0m                                Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-62-80e1a19bb44c>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0;32mdel\u001b[0m \u001b[0malphas\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m[\u001b[0m\u001b[0;36m26\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m]\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mIndexError\u001b[0m: list assignment index out of range"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "del alphas[26]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 63,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "20"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 63,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas.index('z')"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 64,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "20"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 64,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas.index(alphas[-1])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 65,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "del alphas[1:3]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 66,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['f',\n",
       " 'i',\n",
       " 'j',\n",
       " 'k',\n",
       " 'l',\n",
       " 'm',\n",
       " 'n',\n",
       " 'o',\n",
       " 'p',\n",
       " 'q',\n",
       " 'r',\n",
       " 's',\n",
       " 't',\n",
       " 'u',\n",
       " 'v',\n",
       " 'w',\n",
       " 'x',\n",
       " 'y',\n",
       " 'z']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 66,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alphas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 67,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "indexOfZ = alphas.index('z')\n",
    "del alphas[indexOfZ]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 68,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "['f', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(alphas)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.11 Objects and references\n",
    "- **is** operator can be used to test if two objects are referencing the same memory location\n",
    "    - meaning they're essentially the same object with the same values"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 78,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 78,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# even though a and b are two separate objects is still evaluates to True\n",
    "a = 'apple'\n",
    "b = 'apple'\n",
    "a is b"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 69,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 69,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# even though c and d are two separate objects is still evaluates to True\n",
    "c = 10\n",
    "d = 10\n",
    "c is d"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 73,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "True\n",
      "False\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# what abut tuple?\n",
    "e = (1, 2)\n",
    "f = (1, 2)\n",
    "print(e == f)\n",
    "print(e is f)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 79,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "True\n",
      "False\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# What about lists?\n",
    "l1 = [1, 2, 3]\n",
    "l2 = [1, 2, 3]\n",
    "print(l1 == l2)\n",
    "print(l1 is l2)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.12 Copying lists (Shallow copy vs Deep copy)\n",
    "- see [PythonTutor.com to visualize aliasing](http://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#code=import%20copy%0A%0Aa%20%3D%20%5B1,%20%5B2,%203%5D%5D%0Ab%20%3D%20a%0Ac%20%3D%20a.copy%28%29%0Ad%20%3D%20a%5B%3A%5D%0Af%20%3D%20copy.deepcopy%28a%29&cumulative=false&curInstr=0&heapPrimitives=false&mode=display&origin=opt-frontend.js&py=3&rawInputLstJSON=%5B%5D&textReferences=false)\n",
    "- assignment *=* operator does shallow copy"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 80,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "True\n",
      "True\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a = [1, 2, 3]\n",
    "b = a\n",
    "print(a is b)\n",
    "print(a == b)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 81,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[10, 2, 3]\n",
      "[10, 2, 3]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "b[0] = 10\n",
    "print(a)\n",
    "print(b)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 82,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# How do you actually clone lists - do a deep copy?\n",
    "c = a[:] # easy way shallow copy\n",
    "d = a.copy() # shallow copy\n",
    "import copy\n",
    "e = copy.deepcopy(b)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 83,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 83,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "c is a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 84,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 84,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "d is a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 85,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 85,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "b is e"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.13 List methods\n",
    "- list objects have a bunch methods that can be invoked to work with list\n",
    "- run help(list)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 86,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Help on class list in module builtins:\n",
      "\n",
      "class list(object)\n",
      " |  list(iterable=(), /)\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  Built-in mutable sequence.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  If no argument is given, the constructor creates a new empty list.\n",
      " |  The argument must be an iterable if specified.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  Methods defined here:\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __add__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self+value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __contains__(self, key, /)\n",
      " |      Return key in self.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __delitem__(self, key, /)\n",
      " |      Delete self[key].\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __eq__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self==value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __ge__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self>=value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __getattribute__(self, name, /)\n",
      " |      Return getattr(self, name).\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __getitem__(...)\n",
      " |      x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __gt__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self>value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __iadd__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Implement self+=value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __imul__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Implement self*=value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __init__(self, /, *args, **kwargs)\n",
      " |      Initialize self.  See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __iter__(self, /)\n",
      " |      Implement iter(self).\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __le__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self<=value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __len__(self, /)\n",
      " |      Return len(self).\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __lt__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self<value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __mul__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self*value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __ne__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return self!=value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __repr__(self, /)\n",
      " |      Return repr(self).\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __reversed__(self, /)\n",
      " |      Return a reverse iterator over the list.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __rmul__(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return value*self.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __setitem__(self, key, value, /)\n",
      " |      Set self[key] to value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __sizeof__(self, /)\n",
      " |      Return the size of the list in memory, in bytes.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  append(self, object, /)\n",
      " |      Append object to the end of the list.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  clear(self, /)\n",
      " |      Remove all items from list.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  copy(self, /)\n",
      " |      Return a shallow copy of the list.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  count(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Return number of occurrences of value.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  extend(self, iterable, /)\n",
      " |      Extend list by appending elements from the iterable.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  index(self, value, start=0, stop=9223372036854775807, /)\n",
      " |      Return first index of value.\n",
      " |      \n",
      " |      Raises ValueError if the value is not present.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  insert(self, index, object, /)\n",
      " |      Insert object before index.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  pop(self, index=-1, /)\n",
      " |      Remove and return item at index (default last).\n",
      " |      \n",
      " |      Raises IndexError if list is empty or index is out of range.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  remove(self, value, /)\n",
      " |      Remove first occurrence of value.\n",
      " |      \n",
      " |      Raises ValueError if the value is not present.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  reverse(self, /)\n",
      " |      Reverse *IN PLACE*.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  sort(self, /, *, key=None, reverse=False)\n",
      " |      Stable sort *IN PLACE*.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
      " |  Static methods defined here:\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __new__(*args, **kwargs) from builtins.type\n",
      " |      Create and return a new object.  See help(type) for accurate signature.\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
      " |  Data and other attributes defined here:\n",
      " |  \n",
      " |  __hash__ = None\n",
      "\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "help(list)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 87,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a = []\n",
    "a.append(1)\n",
    "a.append(2)\n",
    "a.append([2, 3])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 88,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, [2, 3]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 88,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 89,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a.extend([3, 4])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 90,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, [2, 3], 3, 4]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 90,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 91,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a.append([5, 6])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 92,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, [2, 3], 3, 4, [5, 6]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 92,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 93,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a.insert(0, 'hi')"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 94,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['hi', 1, 2, [2, 3], 3, 4, [5, 6]]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 94,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 95,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a.reverse()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 96,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a[0].reverse()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 97,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[[6, 5], 4, 3, [2, 3], 2, 1, 'hi']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 97,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 98,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "TypeError",
     "evalue": "'<' not supported between instances of 'int' and 'list'",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-98-2ed0d7de6146>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0ma\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0msort\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: '<' not supported between instances of 'int' and 'list'"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "a.sort()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 99,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "blist = list(range(10, 0, -1))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 100,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 100,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "blist"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 101,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "blist.sort()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 102,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(blist)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 103,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "blist.sort(reverse=True)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 104,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 104,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "blist"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 105,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "m = max(blist)\n",
    "mI = blist.index(m)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 106,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "0\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(mI)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 107,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "1"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 107,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "min(blist)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 108,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "0\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(blist.count(100))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.14 List applications\n",
    "\n",
    "### convert a string to list of integers"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Enter 5 numbers separated by space: 1 2 100 5\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "nums = input('Enter 5 numbers separated by space: ')"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'1 2 100 5'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 5,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "nums"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 76,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "nums = nums.split(' ')"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 77,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['1', '2', '100', '5']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 77,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "nums"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 78,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "intNums = []\n",
    "for n in nums:\n",
    "    intN = int(n)\n",
    "    intNums.append(intN)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 79,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, 100, 5]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 79,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "intNums"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 80,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "intNums.sort()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 81,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[1, 2, 5, 100]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 81,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "intNums"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "### convert list of integers to string"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 94,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "ename": "TypeError",
     "evalue": "sequence item 0: expected str instance, int found",
     "output_type": "error",
     "traceback": [
      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-94-0dd63a44d5ec>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0;34m' '\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mjoin\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mintNums\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: sequence item 0: expected str instance, int found"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "' '.join(intNums)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 99,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "strNum = []\n",
    "for n in intNums:\n",
    "    strNum.append(str(n))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 100,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['1', '2', '5', '100']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 100,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "strNum"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 101,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "strNum = ' '.join(strNum)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 102,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'1 2 5 100'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 102,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "strNum"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.15 Passing list to function - pass-by-reference\n",
    "- mutable types such as list are passed-by-reference \n",
    "- an alias or reference is passed instead of a copy of the data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 84,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def getData(someList):# someList is formal parameter\n",
    "    for i in range(5):\n",
    "        a = int(input('enter a number: '))\n",
    "        someList.append(a)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 85,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "enter a number: 1\n",
      "enter a number: 10\n",
      "enter a number: 4\n",
      "enter a number: 6\n",
      "enter a number: 90\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alist = []\n",
    "getData(alist) # alist is actual argument"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 86,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1, 10, 4, 6, 90]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# when formal parameter is updated, actual parameter is also updated\n",
    "alist"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "### [visualize - pass-by-reference with pythontutor.com](http://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#code=def%20getData%28someList%29%3A%23%20someList%20is%20formal%20parameter%0A%20%20%20%20for%20i%20in%20range%285%29%3A%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20a%20%3D%20int%28input%28'enter%20a%20number%3A%20'%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20someList.append%28a%29%0A%0Aalist%20%3D%20%5B%5D%0AgetData%28alist%29%20%23%20alist%20is%20actual%20argument&cumulative=false&curInstr=0&heapPrimitives=false&mode=display&origin=opt-frontend.js&py=3&rawInputLstJSON=%5B%5D&textReferences=false)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.16 return list from functions\n",
    "- lists can be returned from functions"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 121,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def getMaxMin(alist):\n",
    "    m = max(alist)\n",
    "    minVal = min(alist)\n",
    "    return [m, minVal]\n",
    "    "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 122,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1999999, -1000]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "alist = list(range(-1000, 2000000))\n",
    "print(getMaxMin(alist))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 123,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "assert getMaxMin(alist) == [1999999, -1000]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## 8.17 Casting list into tuple and back\n",
    "- since tuples are immutable it may be benefitial to cast them into lists and update\n",
    "- can convert list back to tuple again"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 88,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1, 2, 3]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "atuple = (1, 2, 3)\n",
    "alist = list(atuple)\n",
    "print(alist)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 89,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "btuple = tuple(alist)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 90,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "(1, 2, 3)\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(btuple)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 91,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 91,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "atuple == btuple"
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     "text": [
      "(1, 2, 3) [1, 2, 3]\n",
      "False\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# eventhough the elements are equal; the types of two objects are not\n",
    "print(atuple, alist)\n",
    "print(atuple == alist)"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "## 8.18 Exercises\n",
    "1. Practice with the rest of the methods of list"
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    "2. Draw memory state snapshot for a and b after the following Python code is executed:\n",
    "\n",
    "```python\n",
    "a = [1, 2, 3]\n",
    "b = a[:]\n",
    "b[0] = 5\n",
    "```"
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    "3. Lists can be used to represent mathematical vectors. Write a function `add_vectors(u, v)` that takes two lists of numbers of the same length, and returns a new list containing the sums of the corresponding elements of each. The following test cases must pass once the add_vectors is complete."
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   "source": [
    "def add_vectors(a, b):\n",
    "    pass"
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    "# test cases\n",
    "assert add_vectors([1, 1], [1, 1]) == [2, 2], 'vectors not added correctly'\n",
    "assert add_vectors([1, 2], [1, 4]) == [2, 6], 'vectors not added correctly'\n",
    "assert add_vectors([1, 2, 1], [1, 4, 3]) == [2, 6, 4], 'vectors not added correctly'"
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    "## Kattis problems\n",
    "- the following Kattis problems can be solved using list\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "1. Dice Game - https://open.kattis.com/problems/dicegame\n",
    "- Height Ordering - https://open.kattis.com/problems/height\n",
    "- What does the fox say? - https://open.kattis.com/problems/whatdoesthefoxsay\n",
    "- Army Strength (Easy) - https://open.kattis.com/problems/armystrengtheasy\n",
    "- Army Strength (Hard) - https://open.kattis.com/problems/armystrengthhard\n",
    "- Black Friday - https://open.kattis.com/problems/blackfriday\n",
    "\n",
    "### List sorting with two keys\n",
    "1. Roll Call - https://open.kattis.com/problems/rollcall\n",
    "- Cooking Water - https://open.kattis.com/problems/cookingwater\n"
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   "execution_count": null,
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