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python#20740: desquarify 2.
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ezio-melotti committed Feb 24, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ values. The most versatile is the *list*, which can be written as a list of
comma-separated values (items) between square brackets. Lists might contain
items of different types, but usually the items all have the same type. ::

>>> squares = [1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25]
>>> squares = [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
>>> squares
[1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25]
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

Like strings (and all other built-in :term:`sequence` type), lists can be
indexed and sliced::
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means that the following slice returns a new (shallow) copy of the list::

>>> squares[:]
[1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25]
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

Lists also supports operations like concatenation::

>>> squares + [36, 49, 64, 81, 100]
[1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]

Unlike strings, which are :term:`immutable`, lists are a :term:`mutable`
type, i.e. it is possible to change their content::
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