Practice Add Elements Of Two Lists (31.1) - Python Programs Using Data Handling

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Question 1.
What is the result of adding the lists [1, 2] and [3, 4] using the method taught?
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Add corresponding elements.
Question 2.
What is a list comprehension in Python?
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Think about how you can create a new list using existing lists.
3Question 3.
What does the zip function do?
- It merges lists.
- It aggregates items from iterables.
- It creates tuples.
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What happens when you have two lists?
4Question 4.
True or False: List comprehension can only be used with numbers.
- True
- False
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Think about what types you can iterate over.
Question 5.
Create a program that takes two lists and sums them, returning a new list. The program should handle lists of unequal lengths by appending None for missing elements.
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Consider using `itertools.zip_longest` for padding shorter lists.
Question 6.
Discuss how you would adjust your list addition program to work with non-numeric data. What changes would you need to make?
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Think about what data types you are adding.

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