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<span id="listobjects"></span><h1>List Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#list-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<span class="target" id="index-96"></span><dl class="ctype">
<dt id="PyListObject">
<tt class="descname">PyListObject</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#PyListObject" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>This subtype of <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></tt></a> represents a Python list object.</dd></dl>
<dl class="cvar">
<dt id="PyList_Type">
<a title="PyTypeObject" class="reference external" href="type.html#PyTypeObject">PyTypeObject</a> <tt class="descname">PyList_Type</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Type" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p id="index-97">This instance of <a title="PyTypeObject" class="reference external" href="type.html#PyTypeObject"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></tt></a> represents the Python list type.
This is the same object as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">types.ListType</span></tt> in the Python
layer.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Check">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_Check</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *p</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Check" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if <em>p</em> is a list object or an instance of a subtype of the list
type.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.2: </span>Allowed subtypes to be accepted.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_CheckExact">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_CheckExact</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *p</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_CheckExact" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if <em>p</em> is a list object, but not an instance of a subtype of
the list type.</p>
<p class="versionadded">
<span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.2.</span></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_New">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyList_New</tt><big>(</big>Py_ssize_t<em> len</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_New" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Return a new list of length <em>len</em> on success, or <em>NULL</em> on failure.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">If <em>length</em> is greater than zero, the returned list object’s items are
set to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NULL</span></tt>. Thus you cannot use abstract API functions such as
<a title="PySequence_SetItem" class="reference external" href="sequence.html#PySequence_SetItem"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PySequence_SetItem()</span></tt></a> or expose the object to Python code before
setting all items to a real object with <a title="PyList_SetItem" class="reference internal" href="#PyList_SetItem"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></tt></a>.</p>
</div>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>size</em>. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Size">
Py_ssize_t <tt class="descname">PyList_Size</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Size" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p id="index-98">Return the length of the list object in <em>list</em>; this is equivalent to
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">len(list)</span></tt> on a list object.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function returned an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt>. This might require changes in
your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_GET_SIZE">
Py_ssize_t <tt class="descname">PyList_GET_SIZE</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_GET_SIZE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Macro form of <a title="PyList_Size" class="reference internal" href="#PyList_Size"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyList_Size()</span></tt></a> without error checking.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This macro returned an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt>. This might require changes in your
code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_GetItem">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyList_GetItem</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> index</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_GetItem" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return the object at position <em>pos</em> in the list pointed to by <em>p</em>. The
position must be positive, indexing from the end of the list is not
supported. If <em>pos</em> is out of bounds, return <em>NULL</em> and set an
<a title="exceptions.IndexError" class="reference external" href="../library/exceptions.html#exceptions.IndexError"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">IndexError</span></tt></a> exception.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>index</em>. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_GET_ITEM">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyList_GET_ITEM</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> i</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_GET_ITEM" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Macro form of <a title="PyList_GetItem" class="reference internal" href="#PyList_GetItem"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyList_GetItem()</span></tt></a> without error checking.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This macro used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>i</em>. This might require changes in
your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_SetItem">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_SetItem</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> index</em>, <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *item</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_SetItem" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the item at index <em>index</em> in list to <em>item</em>. Return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> on success
or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> on failure.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">This function “steals” a reference to <em>item</em> and discards a reference to
an item already in the list at the affected position.</p>
</div>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>index</em>. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_SET_ITEM">
void <tt class="descname">PyList_SET_ITEM</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> i</em>, <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *o</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_SET_ITEM" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Macro form of <a title="PyList_SetItem" class="reference internal" href="#PyList_SetItem"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></tt></a> without error checking. This is
normally only used to fill in new lists where there is no previous content.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">This macro “steals” a reference to <em>item</em>, and, unlike
<a title="PyList_SetItem" class="reference internal" href="#PyList_SetItem"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></tt></a>, does <em>not</em> discard a reference to any item that
it being replaced; any reference in <em>list</em> at position <em>i</em> will be
leaked.</p>
</div>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This macro used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>i</em>. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Insert">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_Insert</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> index</em>, <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *item</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Insert" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Insert the item <em>item</em> into list <em>list</em> in front of index <em>index</em>. Return
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if successful; return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> and set an exception if unsuccessful.
Analogous to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list.insert(index,</span> <span class="pre">item)</span></tt>.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>index</em>. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Append">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_Append</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *item</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Append" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Append the object <em>item</em> at the end of list <em>list</em>. Return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if
successful; return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous
to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list.append(item)</span></tt>.</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_GetSlice">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyList_GetSlice</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> low</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> high</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_GetSlice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Return a list of the objects in <em>list</em> containing the objects <em>between</em> <em>low</em>
and <em>high</em>. Return <em>NULL</em> and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous
to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list[low:high]</span></tt>. Negative indices, as when slicing from Python, are not
supported.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>low</em> and <em>high</em>. This might
require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_SetSlice">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_SetSlice</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> low</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> high</em>, <a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *itemlist</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_SetSlice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the slice of <em>list</em> between <em>low</em> and <em>high</em> to the contents of
<em>itemlist</em>. Analogous to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list[low:high]</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">itemlist</span></tt>. The <em>itemlist</em> may
be <em>NULL</em>, indicating the assignment of an empty list (slice deletion).
Return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> on success, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> on failure. Negative indices, as when
slicing from Python, are not supported.</p>
<p class="versionchanged">
<span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt> for <em>low</em> and <em>high</em>. This might
require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Sort">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_Sort</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Sort" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Sort the items of <em>list</em> in place. Return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> on success, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> on
failure. This is equivalent to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list.sort()</span></tt>.</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_Reverse">
int <tt class="descname">PyList_Reverse</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_Reverse" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Reverse the items of <em>list</em> in place. Return <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> on success, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> on
failure. This is the equivalent of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list.reverse()</span></tt>.</dd></dl>
<dl class="cfunction">
<dt id="PyList_AsTuple">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyList_AsTuple</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *list</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyList_AsTuple" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p id="index-99">Return a new tuple object containing the contents of <em>list</em>; equivalent to
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tuple(list)</span></tt>.</p>
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