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author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-11-22 00:29:50 (GMT) |
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committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2016-11-22 00:29:50 (GMT) |
commit | 8c5e190d360b9f1a08c9fff249ae80d9c18007d5 (patch) | |
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Issue #28587: Improve list examples in the tutorial
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index 83a1f9b..953a68b 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -99,30 +99,26 @@ objects: An example that uses most of the list methods:: - >>> a = [66.25, 333, 333, 1, 1234.5] - >>> print(a.count(333), a.count(66.25), a.count('x')) - 2 1 0 - >>> a.insert(2, -1) - >>> a.append(333) - >>> a - [66.25, 333, -1, 333, 1, 1234.5, 333] - >>> a.index(333) - 1 - >>> a.index(333, 2) # search for 333 starting at index 2 - 2 - >>> a.remove(333) - >>> a - [66.25, -1, 333, 1, 1234.5, 333] - >>> a.reverse() - >>> a - [333, 1234.5, 1, 333, -1, 66.25] - >>> a.sort() - >>> a - [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5] - >>> a.pop() - 1234.5 - >>> a - [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333] + >>> fruits = ['orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'banana', 'kiwi', 'apple', 'banana'] + >>> fruits.count('apple') + 2 + >>> fruits.count('tangerine') + 0 + >>> fruits.index('banana') + 3 + >>> fruits.index('banana', 4) # Find next banana starting a position 4 + 6 + >>> fruits.reverse() + >>> fruits + ['banana', 'apple', 'kiwi', 'banana', 'pear', 'apple', 'orange'] + >>> fruits.append('grape') + >>> fruits + ['banana', 'apple', 'kiwi', 'banana', 'pear', 'apple', 'orange', 'grape'] + >>> fruits.sort() + >>> fruits + ['apple', 'apple', 'banana', 'banana', 'grape', 'kiwi', 'orange', 'pear'] + >>> fruits.pop() + 'pear' You might have noticed that methods like ``insert``, ``remove`` or ``sort`` that only modify the list have no return value printed -- they return the default |