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Exercise: Index a Tuple Element

Martin Breuss

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples Martin Breuss 08:00

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Course Contents

Overview

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Python Tuples

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples (Overview) 01:55

Think of Tuples as Rows 04:28

Create Tuples 05:29

Index Tuples and Strings 05:48

Exercise: Index a Tuple Element 08:00

Slice Tuples and Strings 01:56

Exercise: Slice a Tuple 08:00

Explore Immutability in Tuples and Strings 01:14

Know That Tuples and Strings Are Iterable 01:12

Unpack Tuples 05:33

Inspect Database Return Types 03:18

Check for the Existence of Elements 01:30

Exercise: Check Tuple Membership 08:00

Return Multiple Values From a Function 05:20

Exercise: Unpack an Employee Record 08:00

Review Python Tuples (Exercises) 01:18

Python Lists

Think of Lists as Lists 02:32

Create Lists 06:33

Exercise: Split a String Into a List 08:00

Work With Lists 04:42

Change Elements in a List 05:03

Exercise: Replace a List Element 08:00

Add and Remove List Elements 04:42

Practice Adding and Removing Elements 06:15

Work With Lists of Numbers 03:24

Exercise: Get Number List Stats 08:00

Create List Comprehensions 04:56

Exercise: Square Numbers With a List Comprehension 08:00

Review Python Lists So Far (Exercises) 01:41

Exercise: Build a Grocery List 08:00

Nest Your Lists 03:30

Exercise: Access Nested List Elements 08:00

Create a Second Reference to a List Object 03:23

Create a Shallow Copy of a List 04:46

Create a Deep Copy of a List 04:11

Sort Your Lists 03:35

Pass a Built-in Function for Sorting 01:45

Use a Custom Function for Sorting 03:33

Exercise: Sort Words by Length 08:00

Review Python Lists (Exercises) 00:57

Reviewing What You've Learned

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples (Quiz) 04:00

Python Basics: Lists and Tuples (Summary) 03:12

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