1.append

a = [1,2,3]
b=[1,2]
a.append(b)
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a
Out[60]: [1, 2, 3, [1, 2]]

將b作為整個元素append進去。

2.extend

a = [1,2,3]
b=[1,2]
a.extend(b)
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a
Out[66]: [1, 2, 3, 1, 2]

 將列表b中的元素分別append進去。

當內容為數值時，只能用append。

a = [1,2,3]
a.append(3)
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a
Out[77]: [1, 2, 3, 3]
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a.extend(3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\local\Anaconda3-4.1.1-Windows-x86_64\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 2885, in run_code
    exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
  File "<ipython-input-78-0218884a1728>", line 1, in <module>
    a.extend(3)
TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable
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a.extend([3])
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a
Out[80]: [1, 2, 3, 3, 3]