A list is an ordered collection of items or objects. In computer science, list are often implemented as arrays and linked lists.
Converting into storage[]
Generally, the more efficient way to store a list is by using text files. Ways to do this are:
- Use simple enumeration of the values in the list, separated with a defined separator.
- While considering this method, you must also consider whether the separator would appear in the items, unless it would break the list. For example, for a list of integers, you can consider newline characters and spaces. For a list of strings, you should consider if it's possible for one of them to have a newline. If not, you can use the newline character as a separator.
- If you can't think of a character to separate them, you can use either control codes or escape sequences.
- Use a comma-separated list, which is essentialy a single row of a comma-separated table. See comma-separated values.
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