Python List list() Method

Description

The method list() takes sequence types and converts them to lists. This is used to convert a given tuple into list.

Note: Tuple are very similar to lists with only difference that element values of a tuple can not be changed and tuple elements are put between parentheses instead of square bracket.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for list() method:

list( seq )

Parameters

• seq -- This is a tuple to be converted into list.

Return Value

This method returns the list.

Example

The following example shows the usage of list() method.

!/usr/bin/python

aTuple = (123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc');
aList = list(aTuple)

print "List elements : ", aList

When we run above program, it produces following result:

List elements :  [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc']