Adding item in front of a list

[Skip Montanaro]

    Thomas> I think it would be nice if
    Thomas>  l=[2, 3, 4]
    Thomas>  l.insert(1)

    Thomas> would insert in front of the list, as opposed to append() which
    Thomas> adds new elements at the end.

What about

    >>> lst = [2,3,4]
    >>> lst.insert(0, 1)
    >>> lst
    [1, 2, 3, 4]

Try:

    >>> help([].insert)
    Help on built-in function insert:

    insert(...)
        L.insert(index, object) -- insert object before index

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