how to read a list in python code example

Example 1: python get element from list

my_list = ["pizza", "soda", "muffins"]

my_list[0] # outputs "pizza"
my_list[-1] # outputs the last element of the list which is "muffins"
my_list[:] # outputs the whole list
my_list[:-1] # outputs the whole list except its last element

# you can also access a string's letter like this

Example 2: reading a list in python

strings = list(map(str,input().split()))
numbers = list(map(int, input().split()))

Example 3: python get element by index

# To return the index of the first occurence of element x in lst
ind = lst.index(x)