>>> s = [3,3,5,5,5]
>>> s
[3, 3, 5, 5, 5]
>>> range(1,7)
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> t = [s.count(e) for e in range(1,7)]
>>> t
[0, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0]
>>> t = [e*s.count(e) for e in range(1,7)]
>>> t
[0, 0, 6, 0, 15, 0]
>>> s
[3, 3, 5, 5, 5]
>>> s = [3,3,3,5,5]
>>> t = [e*s.count(e) for e in range(1,7)]
>>> t
[0, 0, 9, 0, 10, 0]
>>> [e*s.count(e) for e in s]
[9, 9, 9, 10, 10]
>>> 
s = [2,3,5,2,2]
>>> s.count(2)
3
>>> s = [1,2,2,3,6]
>>> max(1,2,3,4,5)
5
>>> max(5,6,3,2,7,8,1,1,1,)
8
>>> s = [1,2,2,2,5,4]
>>> words = ["bear", "ant", "cat", "elephant"]
>>> len(words)
4
>>> words[0]
'bear'
>>> words[-1]
'elephant'
>>> words
['bear', 'ant', 'cat', 'elephant']
>>> [w[0] for w in words]
['b', 'a', 'c', 'e']
>>> [w[1] for w in words]
['e', 'n', 'a', 'l']
>>> [w[len(w)-1] for w in words]
['r', 't', 't', 't']
>>> [w[-1] for w in words]
['r', 't', 't', 't']
>>> [w[17] for w in words]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
IndexError: string index out of range
>>> [w[4] for w in words]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
IndexError: string index out of range
>>> [w[2] for w in words]
['a', 't', 't', 'e']
>>> words
['bear', 'ant', 'cat', 'elephant']
>>> [w[len(w)-1] for w in words]
['r', 't', 't', 't']
>>> [w[-1] for w in words]
['r', 't', 't', 't']
>>> words
['bear', 'ant', 'cat', 'elephant']
>>> [w for w in words if len(w) > 2]
['bear', 'ant', 'cat', 'elephant']
>>> [w for w in words if len(w) > 3]
['bear', 'elephant']
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [1 for w in words if len(w) > 3]
[1, 1]
>>> toss = [3,2,5,3,5]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> toss
[3, 2, 5, 3, 5]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> range(1,7)
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> toss
[3, 2, 5, 3, 5]
>>> [toss[i] for i in range(1,7)]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> [toss.count(i) for i in range(1,7)]
[0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 0]
>>> [toss.count(i) for i in toss]
[2, 1, 2, 2, 2]
>>> toss
[3, 2, 5, 3, 5]
>>> [i*toss.count(i) for i in toss]
[6, 2, 10, 6, 10]
>>> [i*toss.count(i) for in range(1,7)]
  File "<console>", line 1
    [i*toss.count(i) for in range(1,7)]
                          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> [i*toss.count(i) for i in range(1,7)]
[0, 2, 6, 0, 10, 0]
>>> 
w = "second"
>>> w[0]
's'
>>> w[1]
'e'
>>> 
>>> w[:1]
's'
>>> w[:2]
'se'
>>> s = "this is a string"
>>> s.split()
['this', 'is', 'a', 'string']
>>> [w[0] for w in s.split()]
['t', 'i', 'a', 's']
>>> s = "self contained underwater breathing apparatus"
>>> [w[0] for w in s.split()]
['s', 'c', 'u', 'b', 'a']
>>> ':'.join([w[0] for w in s.split()])
's:c:u:b:a'
>>> ''.join([w[0] for w in s.split()])
'scuba'
>>> xx = "space "
>>> len(xx)
6
>>> len(xx.strip())
5
>>> xx.strip()
'space'
>>> xx = '   strip    '
>>> len(xx)
12
>>> len(xx.strip())
5
>>> xx.strip()
'strip'
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