>
>
> It didn't have to do with strings. It was a basic example of using
> append() which is to start with an empty list and and then build it
> incrementally:
>
> >>> l = [ ]
> >>> l.append(1)
> # append more
>
>
Hi Amit,
Ok, good. This context helps!
If you do know all the values of the list up front, then defining 'f' with
those values as part of the list literal is idiomatic:
l = [1,
## fill me in...
]
and in this way, we probably wouldn't use append() for this situation. The
reason for this can be based on readability arguments: a programmer who
sees this will be more inclined to know that the list won't change.
Symmetrically, the presence of 'l.append()' in a program is often a hint a
reader to anticipate the need for the list to have some dynamic,
runtime-dependent size.
Good luck!
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