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Arrays are around in most
programming languages so
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you probably heard the term
floating around before.
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Now don't worry if you haven't,
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you'll be super familiar with
the concept here shortly.
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Python actually has an implementation
in its standard library.
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Arrays are a way of organizing your data.
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An array is a data structure that allows
you to store multiple items in a single
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variable.
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Which yes wise Python-ista, sounds
an awful lot like a list, doesn't it?
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But there are some crucial
differences between a list and
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an array, the array is much
more restrictive than a list.
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Which, I realize,
doesn't sound like a great selling point.
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