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Sane · May 2nd, 2006, 3:37 PM

Also, it may be a good idea to become familiar with list indexing. Yes, Andro's code works perfectly for what you need to do. However, there will be times when you need to use an alternative method (for other purposes, eg. replacing the third element), list indexing...

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my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
new_list = my_list[:3] + ['new'] + my_list[3:] 
# essentially: ['a', 'b', 'c'] + ['new'] + ['d', 'e']
print new_list

Any questions, feel free to ask.

May 2nd, 2006, 3:37 PM	#4
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,868 Rep Power: 5	Also, it may be a good idea to become familiar with list indexing. Yes, Andro's code works perfectly for what you need to do. However, there will be times when you need to use an alternative method (for other purposes, eg. replacing the third element), list indexing... (Toggle Plain Text) my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] new_list = my_list[:3] + ['new'] + my_list[3:] # essentially: ['a', 'b', 'c'] + ['new'] + ['d', 'e'] print new_list my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] new_list = my_list[:3] + ['new'] + my_list[3:] # essentially: ['a', 'b', 'c'] + ['new'] + ['d', 'e'] print new_list Any questions, feel free to ask.