1. Lists in Python
Creating lists

2. Simple ways to create a list
Hard code the values mylist = [3, 9, ‘a’, 7.2]
Using the replication operator
mylist = [0] * 100 (gives a list with 100 zeros)
Use the split method on a string
Use the readlines method on a file
Put [] around a variable
if my_num is 5, then [ my_num] is the list [5]

3. Append vs. Concatenate
Both can be used to add to an existing list but their syntax is not the same
The concatenate operator + uses two lists and creates a bigger one
You cannot say mylist = mylist + “joe”, it must be mylist = mylist + [“joe”]
Append is a method which adds an element to the right end of a list – any type of data
mylist.append(“3”) makes mylist one element longer

4. List accumulation
Either concatenation or append can be used with lists as accumulators
Initialize the list variable as an empty list []
inside your loop either concatenate or append the new item onto your list variable