https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/tags/lists/ Recent content in lists on netcup hosting blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0058-python-concatenate-lists/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0058-python-concatenate-lists/ This article shows how to concatenate two lists in Python and why + and += behave differently for anyone else holding the list. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0046-python-slicing/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0046-python-slicing/ This article explains Python's slice syntax, why slices never raise IndexError and why a slice copy is only shallow. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0048-python-loop-index/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0048-python-loop-index/ This article shows how to get the index in a Python for loop with enumerate, and what goes wrong when you modify the list while iterating. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0055-python-check-list-empty/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0055-python-check-list-empty/ This article shows how to check whether a list is empty in Python, what else the idiomatic check catches, and why it does not work on generators. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0044-python-list-index/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0044-python-list-index/ This article shows how to find the index of an item in a Python list, how to handle a missing item, and when to stop using list.index() altogether. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0045-python-flatten-list/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0045-python-flatten-list/ This article shows how to flatten a list of lists in Python, why sum(nested, []) is quadratic and how a recursive flatten crashes on strings. https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0043-python-split-list-chunks/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://en.netcup.nllk.net/blog/post/0043-python-split-list-chunks/ This article shows how to split a list into chunks in Python using itertools.batched, and why the old zip_longest recipe gives a different result.