#!/usr/bin/python

def foo():
   print "Hello World"

# make an empty list
mylist = []
print mylist

# some default data
mylist = [1,2,3]
print mylist

# or anything I want to store
mylist = ['a', "hello world", foo, 5, 7.234, [3,'a', foo]]
print mylist

# with a range
mylist = range(3,10)
print mylist

# loop across the list
print
print "Loop 1"
for item in mylist:
   print item

# or loop through the list
print
print "Loop 2"
i = 0
while i < len(mylist):
   print mylist[i]
   i+=1

print 

# range access
print mylist[:3]
print mylist[3:5]
print mylist[4:]

print
mylist[3] = -99
print mylist
mylist[5:6] = [-100, -101, -102, -103]
print mylist

print
# some list methods
mylist.append('hello world');
print mylist
mylist.insert(4,['this', 'is', 'a ', 'test'])
print mylist
mylist.insert(2,1000)
print mylist
mylist.append(3)
mylist.append(5)
print mylist
mylist.remove(3)
print mylist
mylist.remove('hello world')
print mylist
x = mylist.pop()
print x
print mylist
x = mylist.pop(4)
print x
print mylist
print mylist.index(5)
try:
   print mylist.index("hello world")
except: 
   print "Please dont' bother trying to find it, it's not there"

print mylist.count(5)
print mylist.count("hello world")
print
mylist.sort()
print mylist
mylist.reverse()
print mylist