Is it better to use + or append to add word to empty list?

Question

Im trying to make a simple program to list who attend the class
https://code.sololearn.com/chtn0jtJNOlk/?ref=app
https://code.sololearn.com/chtn0jtJNOlk/?ref=app

Answer 1

I always use append.

Answer 2

Oh, you can just put the whole thing in a while loop, have a variable to measure how many loops you want it to run or if you want it to go on forever then do while x==x for example

Answer 3

Append only adds an item @ the end of the list

Answer 4

Julian Yang could you explain what your asking for?

Answer 5

Kisakye Emmanuel so can we use + to insert element anywhere in list?

Answer 6

Here is a performance difference for both operations
import timeit
start=timeit.default_timer()
b=[]
b+="a"
print(timeit.default_timer()-start)
start=timeit.default_timer()
b=[]
b.append("a")
print(timeit.default_timer()-start)

Append seems much faster in this case

Answer 7

Olivia thx btw, if i want to make it loop back to the start what to use?

Answer 8

Olivia i want to make that after line 9 on my post it loop back to line 1 and do the process again

Answer 9

Thank you all Olivia Abhay Kisakye Emmanuel