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Constructs a new list.
| Usage | Returns | ee.List(list) | List |
| Argument | Type | Details | list | List<Object>|Object | A list or a computed object. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.List([])); // []
print(ee.List([null])); // [null]
print(ee.List([true])); // [true]
print(ee.List([1])); // [1]
print(ee.List([ee.Number(1)])); // [1]
print(ee.List(['a'])); // ["a"]
print(ee.List([[]])); // [[]]
print(ee.List([ee.List([])])); // [[]]
print(ee.List([[], [[]], [1, [], 'a']])); // [[],[[]],[1,[],"a"]]
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.List([]).getInfo()) # []
print(ee.List([None]).getInfo()) # [None]
print(ee.List([True]).getInfo()) # [True]
print(ee.List([1]).getInfo()) # [1]
print(ee.List([ee.Number(1)]).getInfo()) # [1]
print(ee.List(['a']).getInfo()) # ['a']
print(ee.List([[]]).getInfo()) # [[]]
print(ee.List([ee.List([])]).getInfo()) # [[]]
print(ee.List([[], [[]], [1, [], 'a']]).getInfo()) # [[], [[]], [1, [], 'a']]
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Last updated 2025-07-08 UTC.
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