Adding and Removing Items from Lists in Python

Welcome back, traveler! As part of our travel-themed journey, we'll be managing a list of countries for our hypothetical world tour! Just as it is in real-world travel, our itinerary may change, prompting us to add or remove countries from our list. You might remember from previous practices we've learned how we can insert an element into the list using the insert function. Today we'll meet several other functions that allow us to modify lists.

What You'll Learn

Let's learn how to manipulate lists in Python, particularly how to add and remove items. We will use two key methods: append(), which is used to add an item to the end of the list, and remove(), which is used to eliminate a specified item from the list. In addition, we'll review another handy method: insert(), which allows us to add an item at any position in the list.

Consider, for instance, our world tour list:

By practicing different scenarios, you will strengthen your understanding of these methods, which are vital for list manipulation in Python.

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