In Python, you can extend a list and you can append to it as well.

What's the difference? If you append a list to another list, you add the new list as a single extra list to the original, thus makingthe original list just one longer with an item that is itself a list. But if you extend a list with another list, you add each element of the new list onto the original. Here's an example to show you what I mean:

>>> first = [10,20,30]
>>> second = [40,50,60]
>>> first.append([70,80,90])
>>> second.extend([100,110,120])
>>> first
[10, 20, 30, [70, 80, 90]]
>>> second
[40, 50, 60, 100, 110, 120]
>>>
(written 2006-10-20 11:21:25)

 Y104 - Python - Lists and Tuples
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