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Built - In Methods in Python

The document outlines built-in methods for Python's data structures: lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets. Each section provides a list of methods along with their descriptions, detailing functionalities such as adding, removing, and manipulating elements. This serves as a quick reference for using these data structures effectively.

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Built - In Methods in Python

The document outlines built-in methods for Python's data structures: lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets. Each section provides a list of methods along with their descriptions, detailing functionalities such as adding, removing, and manipulating elements. This serves as a quick reference for using these data structures effectively.

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Python has a set of built-in methods that can be used on lists

Method Description

append() Adds an element at the end of the list

clear() Removes all the elements from the list

copy() Returns a copy of the list

count() Returns the number of elements with the specified value

extend() Add the elements of a list (or any iterable), to the end of the current list

index() Returns the index of the first element with the specified value

insert() Adds an element at the specified position

pop() Removes the element at the specified position

remove() Removes the first item with the specified value

reverse() Reverses the order of the list

sort() Sorts the list

Python has a set of built-in methods that can be used on dictionaries.

Method Description

clear() Removes all the elements from the dictionary

copy() Returns a copy of the dictionary

fromkeys() Returns a dictionary with the specified keys and value


get() Returns the value of the specified key

items() Returns a list containing a tuple for each key value pair

keys() Returns a list containing the dictionary's keys

pop() Removes the element with the specified key

popitem() Removes the last inserted key-value pair

setdefault() Returns the value of the specified key. If the key does not exist: insert the key, with the s
value

update() Updates the dictionary with the specified key-value pairs

values() Returns a list of all the values in the dictionary

Python has two built-in methods that can be used on tuples.

Method Description

count() Returns the number of times a specified value occurs in a tuple

index() Searches the tuple for a specified value and returns the position of
where it was found

Python has a set of built-in methods that can be used on sets.

Method Description

add() Adds an element to the set

clear() Removes all the elements from the set

copy() Returns a copy of the set


difference() Returns a set containing the difference between
two or more sets

discard() Remove the specified item

intersection() Returns a set, that is the intersection of two or


more sets

pop() Removes an element from the set

remove() Removes the specified element

union() Return a set containing the union of sets

update() Update the set with another set, or any other


iterable

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