# test list.__iadd__ and list.extend (they are equivalent) l = [1, 2] l.extend([]) print(l) l.extend([3]) print(l) l.extend([4, 5]) print(l) l.extend(range(6, 10)) print(l) l.extend("abc") print(l) l = [1, 2] l += [] print(l) l += [3] print(l) l += [4, 5] print(l) l += range(6, 10) print(l) l += "abc" print(l)