Python's .append(): Add Items to Your Lists in Place

Building Lists With Python's .append()

Howard Francis
Howard Francis 11 Lessons 40m basics python
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Adding items to a list is a fairly common task in Python, so the language provides a bunch of methods and operators that can help you out with this operation. One of those methods is .append(). With .append(), you can add items to the end of an existing list object. You can also use .append() in a for loop to populate lists programmatically.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Work with .append()
  • Populate lists using .append() and a for loop
  • Replace .append() with list comprehensions
  • Work with .append() in array.array() and collections.deque()

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Building Lists With Python's .append()

11 Lessons 40m

  1. 1. Building Lists With Python's .append() (Overview)02:26
  2. 2. Understanding the Basics of .append()04:31
  3. 3. Exploring Misconceptions About .append()03:47
  4. 4. Populating Lists From Scratch in "for" Loops03:19
  5. 5. Populating Lists From Scratch in List Comprehensions03:11
  6. 6. Using .append() in "for" Loops With Additional Processing03:25
  7. 7. Creating Stacks With .append()06:51
  8. 8. Creating Queues With .append()03:42
  9. 9. Using .append() With Arrays in Python05:25
  10. 10. Using .append() With Deques in Python02:26
  11. 11. Building Lists With Python's .append() (Summary)00:57
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About Howard Francis

Howard is an avid Pythonista and records video courses for Real Python. He has been teaching beginning programming at the college level for over 20 years in C++, Java, C#, and most recently Python.

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