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Table of Contents

  • Building Blocks of Python Sequences
    • Characteristics of Python Sequences
    • Special Methods Associated With Python Sequences
  • Slicing in Python Sequences
  • Concatenating Sequences
  • Comparing Values With Sequences
  • Creating User-Defined Python Sequences
    • Making the Class Indexable Using .__getitem__()
    • Making the Class Sized Using .__len__()
    • Making the Class Iterable Using .__iter__()
  • Using the Abstract Base Class collections.abc.Sequence
    • The .index() and .count() Methods in Sequences
    • The Container and Reversible Features for Sequences
  • Creating Immutable and Mutable Sequences
    • Requirements for Defining a User-Defined Mutable Sequence
    • Additional Methods Associated With Mutable Sequences
  • Conclusion