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title: "How to Create List in Python Best Example"
description: "Python List commands useful to work with arrays and data."
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date: 2018-02-28
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# How to Create List in Python Best Example

In Python, the manipulating list also called arrays, is the main task while you are dealing or working with data. Stanford University in its Python tutorial added the below [best examples](https://srinimf.com/2020/04/28/evaluate-also-example/).

Related[Append() vs Extend(): A Detailed Comparison for Python Lists](https://srinimf.com/2024/09/12/append-vs-extend-a-detailed-comparison-for-python-lists/)

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Pyth[on List](https://srinimf.com/2023/03/27/python-how-to-filter-list-best-example/) Commands

I am giving here for your reference. The hash given below is just a comment. It is not command.

## Useful Commands to Create a List

Create a new list

```
empty = []
letters = [‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’]
numbers = [2, 3, 5]
```

Lists can contain elements of different types

```
mixed = [4, 5, “seconds”]
```

Append elements to the end of a list

```
numbers.append(7)
numbers == [2, 3, 5, 7]
numbers == [2, 3, 5, 7]
numbers.append(11)
numbers == [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
```

Access elements at a particular index

```
numbers[0] # => 2
numbers[-1] # => 11
```

Slice Lists rules to apply

```
letters[:3] # => ['a', 'b', 'c']
numbers[1:-1] # => [3, 5, 7]
```

Other Lists

```
x = [letters, numbers]
x # => [['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]]
x[0] # => ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
x[0][1] # => 'b'
x[1][2:] # => [5, 7, 11]
```

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