add item to list in a functional style-CodePudding

is there a function in python (or some library) that allows me to add items to a list that returns a list?

preferably a new list.

so an imperative style would be

thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
thislist.append("orange")
print(thislist)

I'd like to go

thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
newlist = thislist.cons("orange")
print(newlist)

I can obviously write such a thing, but this would seem to be (for someone from a functional background) a pretty basic tool in the toolkit

CodePudding user response：

There is . Put orange in a new list, then add them together:

thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
newlist = thislist   ["orange"]
print(newlist)

CodePudding user response：

I would generally recommend @Soren's answer because it is more readable and "pythonic", but worth mentioning that there is another option that can occasionally be useful:

thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
newlist = [*thislist, "orange"]
print(newlist)