[issue18770] Python insert operation on list

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[issue18770] Python insert operation on list

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[issue18770] Python insert operation on list

Ezio Melotti added the comment: The docs say that: l.insert(pos, val) is equivalent to: l[pos:pos] = [val] The docstring also says that the value is inserted before pos, so .insert is working as documented. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ Python track

[issue18770] Python insert operation on list

New submission from Vivek Ratnaparkhi: Example 1: mylist = ['a','b','c','d','e'] mylist.insert(len(mylist),'f') print(mylist) Output: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'] Example 2: mylist = ['a','b','c','d','e'] mylist.insert(10,'f') print(mylist) Output: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'] Why shoul