Built in Methods for the list,
len
Returns length of the string.
Syntax
len(list)Example
>>> list1 = [2,4,5,6]
>>> print(len(list1))
4max
Returns the item that has maximum value in the list
Syntax
max(list)Example
>>> list1=[9,4,14,5]
>>> max(list1)min
Returns the item that has minimum value in the list
Syntax
min(list)Example
>>> list1=[9,4,14,5]
>>> min(list1)
4list
Converts a sequence (list, tuple, string) to list
Syntax
list(seq)Example
>>> tup1=(1,2,3,'a',4.5)
>>> list(tup1)
[1, 2, 3, 'a', 4.5]
>>> str1="hello"
>>> list(str1)
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']append
Adds the item to the end of the list
Syntax
list.append(item)Example
>>> list1=[5,4,6]
>>> list1.append(10)
>>> list1
[5, 4, 6, 10]count
Returns number of times the item occurs in the list
Syntax
list.count(item)Example
>>> list1=[5,4,5,5,5,6,7]
>>> list1.count(5)
4extend
Adds the elements of the sequence (list, string, tuple) at the end of the list
Syntax
list.extend(seq)Example
>>> str1="Python"
>>> list1=[2,3,4]
>>> list1.extend(str1)
>>> list1
[2, 3, 4, 'P', 'y', 't', 'h', 'o', 'n']index
Returns the index of the item. If item appears more than one time, it returns the lowest index
Syntax
list.index(item)Example
>>> list1 = [5,4,5,5,6,7]
>>> list1.index(5)
0insert
Inserts the given item at the specified index while the elements in the
Syntax
list.insert(index, item)Example
>>> list1=[5,4,3]
>>> list1.insert(1,10)
>>> list1
[5, 10, 4, 3]pop
Deletes and returns the last element in the list
Syntax
list.pop( )Example
>>> list1=[4,5,3,6,1]
>>> list1.pop()
1
>>> list1
[4, 5, 3, 6]Deletes and returns the element at the specified position
Syntax
list.pop(index)Example
>>> list1 = [5,4,7,8]
>>> list1.pop(1)
4
>>> list1
[5, 7, 8]remove
Deletes the given item from the list
Syntax
list.remove(item)Example
>>> list1 = [5,4,6,7]
>>> list1.remove(6)
>>> list1
[5, 4, 7]reverse
Reverses the position of the items in the list
Syntax
list.reverse( )Example
>>> list1=[5,4,6,1,7]
>>> list1.reverse()
>>> list1
[7, 1, 6, 4, 5]sort
sort( ) method arranges the list of elements in ascending order
Syntax
list.sort( )Example
>>> list1 = [ 2,3,1,4,7,6,5]
>>> list1.sort()
>>> list1
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]clear
Removes all the elements from the list
Syntax
list.clear( )Example
>>> list1
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
>>>
>>> list1.clear()
>>> list1
[]del
Deletes the entire list
Syntax
del(list)Example
>>> list2=[5,4,3]
>>> del(list2)
>>> list2
NameError: name 'list2' is not defined 
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