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Creating lists in Python

A list in Python can contain any number of elements. You generally create a list using square brackets. For example, to create a list of integers, you can use the following command:

x = [1, 2, 3]

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Python for Finance

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Exercise instructions

  • Create a list named names containing the strings 'Apple Inc', 'Coca-Cola', and 'Walmart', in that order.
  • Print names.
  • Create a list named prices containing the price of each stock, $159.54, $37.13, and $71.17, in that order.
  • Print prices.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Create and print list names
names = ____
____

# Create and print list prices
prices = ____
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