The Wolfram Language provides powerful functions for constructing lists of any size and structure.

Range — form a list from a range of numbers or other objects {1,2,3,…}

Table — make a table of any dimension of values of an expression

Array — make an array of any dimension by applying a function to successive indices

ConstantArray — form of a constant array of any dimension

CenterArray — embed an array at the center of another array of any dimension

Subdivide — a list of equal subdivisions of an interval

CoordinateBoundsArray, CoordinateBoundingBoxArray — regular grids

SparseArray, Normal — create a list from a sparse array positionvalue specification

PowerRange — form a list of successive powers in a specified range

Tuples — all possible n-tuples from a list

Subsets  ▪  Subsequences  ▪  Permutations  ▪  Groupings  ▪  Outer

RandomInteger, RandomChoice, ... — make lists of random elements

Lists from Iteration

NestList — create a list by successively iterating a function

FixedPointList  ▪  NestWhileList  ▪  Append  ▪  AppendTo

Sow, Reap — create lists of elements "sown" inside programs

IntegerDigits, RealDigits — make lists from digits in numbers

CoefficientList, CoefficientArrays — make lists from polynomials or equations

Characters — make a list from the characters in a string

CharacterRange — a list of a range of characters (e.g. "a" through "z")

ReplaceList — make a list of possible pattern replacements

Importing Data as Lists

Import  ▪  ReadList  ▪  BinaryReadList  ▪  FindList  ▪  FileNames