>>> nums = [12345] # list >>> name = 'Alexander' >>> details = {'name': 'Hemkesh' 'age': 23 'active': True} >>> >>> # Using len() ... >>> len(nums) 5 >>> len(name) 9 >>> len(details) 3 >>> >>> # Using str() ... >>> str(12) '12' >>> str(nums) '[1 2 3 4 5]' >>> str(details) '{'active': True 'age': 23 'name': 'Hemkesh'}' >>> >>> # Using abspath() ... >>> import os >>> os.listdir('.') ['Django' 'Prep' 'python-the-snake'] >>> os.path.abspath('./Django') # pass '.Django' on windows '/Users/admin/projects/Python/Django' >>> os.path.abspath('Django') '/Users/admin/projects/Python/Django' >>> >>> # Using enumerate() ... >>> enumerate(nums) <enumerate object at 0x100620b90> >>> >>> for index item in enumerate(nums): ... print index item ... 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 >>> >>> # Using list() ... >>> list() [] >>> list(details ) ['active' 'age' 'name'] >>> list(name) ['A' 'l' 'e' 'x' 'a' 'n' 'd' 'e' 'r'] >>> >>> # Using isfile() & isdir() ... >>> os.path.isdir('Django') True >>> os.path.isfile('Django') False >>> >>> os.path.isdir('./python-the-snake/README.md') False >>> os.path.isfile('./python-the-snake/README.md') True >>> >>> # Using append() ... >>> nums.append(12) >>> nums [1 2 3 4 5 12] >>> nums.append(67) >>> nums [1 2 3 4 5 12 67] >>> >>> # Don't press 'Run on IDE' button available on right. You will get error  ... # as the statements are already executed on interactive terminal. ... >>> 

# Python version : 2.7.12 # len() # To count number of items in a list # To count number of characters in a string evens = [ 2 34 6 8 10] print len(evens) city = 'Bangalore' print len(city) 'n' # str() : Converting into string representation odds = [ 1 3 67 45 83 59] year = 2017 print odds print str(odds) + ' A list.n' print year print str(year) + ' A year.n' # enumerate() : iterating over index & value of a list for (index item) in enumerate(odds): print index item # abspath() : Getting absolute path of passed argument(path) import os absolute_path = os.path.abspath('.') print 'n' absolute_path 'n' # isdir() : To check if passed argument is valid directory path answer = os.path.isdir('/Users/admin/Desktop/js') print answer # isfile() : To check if the passed argument is valid file path answer = os.path.isfile('/Users/admin/Desktop/js/array.js') print answer 'n' # list() : To create list details = { 'name':'Rojert Rendrick' 'age':24 'city':'Bangalore' } keys = list( details ) print keys 'n' # append() : Appending items to list print evens evens.append(98) evens.append(64) print evens 'n' # repetition operator(*) on strings print 'Python'*3 print '#'*20 

# This Python code is for Python version : 2.7.12 def show_directories(dir_list path):  ''' A function that lists the directories ''' import os s = '%s%d%s'%('n' len(dir_list) ' directories of ' + os.path.abspath(path)) l = len(s) print s print '='*l for index dir in enumerate(dir_list): print str(index+1) + ') ' dir def show_files(file_list path):  ''' A function that lists the files ''' import os s = '%s%d%s'%('n' len(file_list) ' files of ' + os.path.abspath(path)) l = len(s) print s print '='*l for index file in enumerate(file_list): print str(index+1) + ') ' file def show_cwd_contents( path='.' ): # A function that calls 2 functions to separately  # listing out directories and files. # It takes a default argument as cwd(.). We can  # pass other paths too. import os f_list = [] d_list = list() try: for f in os.listdir(path): if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path f)): f_list.append(f) else: if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(path f)): d_list.append(f) except: print 'nError once check the path' return show_files(f_list path) show_directories(d_list path) if __name__ == '__main__': # If this module is imported in other module then  # we need to separately call show_cwd_contents() Or  # show_cwd_contents(path). show_cwd_contents() show_cwd_contents('/Users/admin/projects/Python/PythonFiles')