Python: insert: Insert an element at given position

List provides ‘insert’ method to insert an element at given position.

Syntax

list.insert(i, x)

list.insert(0, x) : Insert element x at front of list.

list.insert(len(list), x) : Insert element x at the end of the list.

list.insert(2, x) : Insert element x at 2^nd position.

test.py

list=[2, 4, 6]
print(list)

list.insert(0, -2)
print(list)

list.insert(len(list), 8)
print(list)

list.insert(2, 3)
print(list)

$ python3 test.py

[2, 4, 6]

[-2, 2, 4, 6]

[-2, 2, 4, 6, 8]

[-2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8]

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