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List Basics and Methods

def listBasicsAndMethods():

  glist = ['cereal', 'milk', 'water', 'bread', 8, ['lemons', ['bananas', 'oranges', 'apples']]]
  print glist 
  print('\n')
  
  print glist[0]
  print('\n')
  
  for i in glist:
    print i
  print('\n')
  
  glist = glist + ['cake']
  print glist
  print('\n')

  print glist[5]
  print glist[5][0]
  print glist[5][1]
  print glist[5][1][0]
  print glist[5][1][1]
  print glist[5][1][2]
  print glist[5][1][2][0]
  print('\n')

  #The .append(something) method
  #Adds something to the end of the list
  print '.append(something) method'
  glist.append('gatorade')
  print glist
  print('\n')

  #The .remove(something) method
  #Removes something from the end of the list
  #Error if not there
  print '.remove(something) method'
  # print glist.remove('bread') #Returns None because it actually changes the glist
  glist.remove('bread')
  print glist
  #glist.remove('cookies')
  #print glist
  #glist.remove('lemons')  #Must access sublist
  #print glist
  glist[4].remove('lemons') #Must access sublist
  print glist
  glist[4][0].remove('oranges') #Must access sublist
  print glist
  print('\n')

  #The .sort() method
  #Puts the list in alphabetical order
  print '.sort() Method'
  glist.sort()
  print glist
  print('\n')

  #The .reverse() method
  #reverses the order of the list
  print '.reverse() Method'
  glist.reverse()
  print glist
  print('\n')

  #The .count(something) method
  #Counts the number of times something is in a list
  print '.count() Method'
  print glist.count('water')
  print glist.count('apples')
  print glist[5][0].count('apples')
  print('\n')

  #The .max(), .min() methods
  #returns the maximum and minimum values in a list
  print '.max(), .min() Methods'
  nlist=[ 23, 45, 88, 67, 12, 99, 100, 1, 62, 13, 54, 90]
  print max(nlist)
  print min(nlist)
  print max(glist)
  print min(glist)
  print('\n')








  

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