Arrays :

C++ Language Arrays | C# Language Arrays - Arrays are used to store multiple values in one single variable.

Example :

books = ["Math","English","History","Bengali"] print(books) input()

Output :

Note : Python does not have built-in support for Arrays, but Python Lists can be used instead.

What is an Array ?

An array is a special variable, which can hold more than one value at a time. If you have a list of items (a list of books names, for example), storing the books in single variables could look like this:

book1 = "Math";
book2 = "English"
book3 = "History"
book4 = "Bengali"

However, what if you want to loop through the books and find a specific one? And what if you had not 4 books, but 400? - The solution is an array!
An array can hold many values under a single name, and you can access the values by referring to an index number.

Access or Modify the Elements of an Array :

You refer to an array element by referring to the index number and we use python built-in methods to modify the array values.

Example 1 :

books = ["Math","English","History","Bengali"] a = books[0]; #Get the value of the first array item print("First value is: ",a); books[0] = "Computer" #Modify the value of the first array item print(books); a = len(books); #Return the number of elements in the books array print("Total array Length: ",a); input()

Output 1 :

Note : The length of an array is always one more than the highest array index.

Example 2 :

books = ["Math","English","History","Bengali"] books.append("Computer") #Add one more element to the books array print(books) books.pop(1) #Delete the second element of the books array print(books) books.remove("History") #Delete the element that has the value "History" print(books) input()

Output 2 :

Array methods :

Python includes many built-in methods but here we just adding some of the following built-in methods to manipulate array values :

• The append() method to adds an element at the end of the list
• The clear() method to removes all the elements from the list
• The copy() method to returns a copy of the list
• The count() method to returns the number of elements with the specified value
• The index() method to returns the index of the first element with the specified value
• The insert() method to adds an element at the specified position
• The pop() method to removes the element at the specified position
• The remove() method to removes the first item with the specified value
• The reverse() method to reverses the order of the list
• The sort() method to sorts the list
• The extend() method to add the elements of a list (or any iterable), to the end of the current list

Note : Python does not have built-in support for Arrays, but Python Lists can be used instead.

Looping Array Elements :

You can use the for loop to loop through all the elements of an array.

Example :

books = ["Math","English","History","Bengali"] for a in books: print(a) input()

Output :

Note : Python does not have built-in support for Arrays, but Python Lists can be used instead.