notice that each data type that you type is different color when you use the default color schemepython displays strings in greennumbers in blackand boolean values in orange the color of an entry is cue that tells you whether you have typed the entry correctlywhich helps reduce errors when creating list type print(list and press enter you see the content of the list as wholeas shown in figure - notice that the string entries appear in single quoteseven though you typed them using double quotes strings can appear in either single quotes or double quotes in python figure - python displays the content of list type dir(list and press enter python displays list of actions that you can perform using listsas shown in figure - notice that the output is actually list soyou're using list to determine what you can do with another list figure - python provides listing of the actions you can perform using list