Introduction to Lists

Lists are one of the most commonly used data structures in Python. They are mutable, ordered collections that can hold multiple items of any type.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create and manipulate lists, use list methods, and iterate over lists.

Creating Lists

A list is created by placing items inside square brackets [], separated by commas:

# Creating a list
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
print(fruits)