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Python Python Collections (Retired) Lists Redux Disemvoweled

William Vincent
William Vincent
779 Points
Posted by William Vincent
William Vincent
779 Points

[] vs list()

Any reason in this lesson he uses [] to create a list in line 1 but list() in line 2? I "think" they're the same but somewhat confusing. He should mention if this is so in the voiceover, or which method he prefers. Otherwise () is just a tuple.

2 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi William - The parenthesis here cannot be those used for creating a tuple because they are followed by a method name, list(). To use list() you need to pass an iterable to it, as you can see in the video. So this code:

vowels = list('aeiou')

is equivalent to

vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
William Vincent
William Vincent
779 Points
William Vincent
William Vincent
779 Points

Hi Kourosh,

Thank you for clarifying.

-William

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Glad I could help! Happy coding!