1. Set your Learning Objectives to red.

2. We are going to save all of our work for this topic into this PowerPoint.

To download the PowerPoint by clicking on the image below



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3. Save your PowerPoint as 'Programming 1'

Coding with Lists

In computer science, a List is a programming structure that allows you to store data together in one place. We are going to look at a simple List that stores the days of the week.

Let's try it first in Edublocks.

Activity 1

1. First let's gather the blocks we will need

1. Now let's put them together.

Extension Activity 1

1. Copy the code into your python editor and run it in there.
2. Can you change the code so that you print out Wednesday?
3. Can you add Saturday and Sunday to the list and print them both out?

Wouldn't it be good if we could print out all of the items in our list in one go?

We can do that by using a simple loop. Copy the code below and run it to make sure it works:

Activity 2

1. Copy and run the code above into your python window.
2. Can you add all of the months in a year to the list and print them out?

Extension Activity 2

1. Looking back to our lesson on for loops can you print out just the months March, April and May?

if you use month.index("March") it will tell you the index number of 'March'.

In your Powerpoint put a screenshot of your code.

One of the many things we can do with a list, when our program is running, is add and remove items from our list

The code below shows you how to both add an item and remove an item from a list. Copy the code and complete the tasks:

Copy the code and complete the tasks:

Adding an item to a list

Removing an item from a list

Notice how we use the index value to access the value in our list

Summing it all up

Lets look at the learning outcomes and decide which one best describes our current level of understanding :

Tick the one you feel is closest to your level