your_list = ["a", "b", "c"]

type(your_list)

len(your_list)

"e" in "Hello"

"a" in your_list

your_list = ["a", "b", "c"]

your_list[0]

your_list[1]

your_list[2]

your_list[3]

your_list.append("d")

len(your_list)

your_list[3]

her_list = []

len(her_list)

names = ["Alice", "Amy"]

names.append("Adam")

names

names[0] = "Jimmy"

names

names[2] = "Rachel"

names[2] == "Rachel"

len(names)

len(names) - 1

names[len(names) - 1]

names[-1]

name = "Carol"

name[0]

name[-1]

fruits = ["apples", "bananas", "oranges"]

fruits[0]

fruits[-1]

fruits[0] = "plums"

fruits.append("cherries")

len(fruits)

"apples" in fruits

fruits = ["apples", "bananas", "oranges"]

fruits[0:2]

fruits[:2]

fruits[2:]

fruits[:]

my_favorite_fruits = fruits[:]

fruits

my_favorite_fruits

names = ["Alice", "Bob", "Cassie", "Diane", "Ellen"]

for name in names:
    print name 

for x in names:
    print x

for word in names:
    print "Hello " + word

name = "Alice"

name[0]

name[0] == "A" or name[0] == "E" or name[0] == "I" or name[0] == "O" or name[0] == "U"

name[0] in "AEIOU"

name[0] in ["A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]

for name in names:
    if name[0] in "AEIOU":
        print name + " starts with a vowel"

vowel_names = []

for name in names:
    if name[0] in "AEIOU":
        vowel_names.append(name)

vowel_names

prices = [1.5, 2.35, 5.99, 16.49]

total = 0

for cost in prices:
    total = total + cost  # looks funny but when you think about it, it makes sense

total

sum(prices)