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+# Sequence Types: list
+{:.no_toc}
+
+<nav markdown="1" class="toc-class">
+* TOC
+{:toc}
+</nav>
+
+## The goal
+
+> Lists are **mutable** sequences, **typically** used to store collections of **homogeneous** items (where the precise degree of similarity will vary by application).​
+
+[Quote](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#lists)
+
+Questions to [David Rotermund](mailto:davrot@uni-bremen.de)
+
+## Example Lists
+
+With homogeneous items:
+
+```python
+primes = [2, 3, 5, 7]
+
+collection_of_strings = [
+    "AA",
+    "BB",
+    "CC",
+    "DD",
+    "EE",
+    "FF",
+    "GG",
+    "HH",
+]
+```
+
+A mixture of type:
+
+```python
+def my_function(a):
+    return a
+
+my_favourite_things = [32, "sleep", my_function]
+```
+
+## Indexing
+
+```python
+collection_of_strings = [
+    "AA",
+    "BB",
+    "CC",
+    "DD",
+    "EE",
+    "FF",
+    "GG",
+    "HH",
+]
+
+
+print(collection_of_strings[0])  # -> AA
+print(collection_of_strings[1])  # -> BB
+print(collection_of_strings[-2])  # -> GG
+print(collection_of_strings[-1])  # -> HH
+```
+
+## Slicing
+
+```python
+collection_of_strings = [
+    "AA",
+    "BB",
+    "CC",
+    "DD",
+    "EE",
+    "FF",
+    "GG",
+    "HH",
+]
+
+
+print(collection_of_strings[0:3])  # -> ['AA', 'BB', 'CC']
+print(collection_of_strings[:3])  # -> ['AA', 'BB', 'CC']
+print(collection_of_strings[3:])  # -> ['DD', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+print(collection_of_strings[1:-1])  # -> ['BB', 'CC', 'DD', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG']
+print(collection_of_strings[-3:])  # -> ['FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+```
+
+## Changing lists
+
+```python
+collection_of_strings = [
+    "AA",
+    "BB",
+    "CC",
+    "DD",
+    "EE",
+    "FF",
+    "GG",
+    "HH",
+]
+
+collection_of_strings[3] = "II"
+print(collection_of_strings)  # -> ['AA', 'BB', 'CC', 'II', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+collection_of_strings[:3] = ["JJ", "KK", "LL"]
+print(collection_of_strings)  # -> ['JJ', 'KK', 'LL', 'II', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+collection_of_strings[:4] = [
+    "MM",
+    "NN",
+    "OO",
+    "PP",
+]
+print(collection_of_strings)  # -> ['MM', 'NN', 'OO', 'PP', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+```
+
+## List functions
+
+# [len()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#len) and [sorted()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sorted)
+
+
+```python
+collection_of_strings = [
+    "GG",
+    "HH",
+    "AA",
+    "BB",
+    "EE",
+    "FF",
+    "CC",
+    "DD",
+]
+
+
+print(len(collection_of_strings))  # -> 8
+print(sorted(collection_of_strings)) # -> ['AA', 'BB', 'CC', 'DD', 'EE', 'FF', 'GG', 'HH']
+```
+
+### [max()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#max) and [sum()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sum)
+
+```python
+primes = [2, 3, 5, 7]
+print(sum(primes)) # -> 17
+print(max(primes)) # -> 7
+```