Explicitly select items from a list or tuple

Question

I have the following Python list (can also be a tuple):

myList = [\'foo\', \'bar\', \'baz\', \'quux\']

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Answer 1

Maybe a list comprehension is in order:

L = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
print [ L[index] for index in [1,3,5] ]

Produces:

['b', 'd', 'f']

Is that what you are looking for?