number1 = [1, 2, 3]

#dir with a filled list
print(dir(number1))

number2 = [ ]

# dir() with an empty list
print(dir(number2))

Output:

[‘__add__’, ‘__class__’, ‘__contains__’, ‘__delattr__’,
‘__delitem__’, ‘__dir__’, ‘__doc__’, ‘__eq__’, ‘__format__’,
‘__ge__’, ‘__getattribute__’, ‘__getitem__’, ‘__gt__’, ‘__hash__’,
‘__iadd__’, ‘__imul__’, ‘__init__’, ‘__init_subclass__’,
‘__iter__’, ‘__le__’, ‘__len__’, ‘__lt__’, ‘__mul__’, ‘__ne__’,
‘__new__’, ‘__reduce__’, ‘__reduce_ex__’, ‘__repr__’, ‘__reversed__’,
‘__rmul__’, ‘__setattr__’, ‘__setitem__’, ‘__sizeof__’, ‘__str__’,
‘__subclasshook__’, ‘append’, ‘clear’, ‘copy’, ‘count’, ‘extend’,
‘index’, ‘insert’, ‘pop’, ‘remove’, ‘reverse’, ‘sort’]

[‘__add__’, ‘__class__’, ‘__contains__’, ‘__delattr__’, ‘__delitem__’, ‘__dir__’, ‘__doc__’, ‘__eq__’, ‘__format__’, ‘__ge__’, ‘__getattribute__’, ‘__getitem__’, ‘__gt__’, ‘__hash__’, ‘__iadd__’, ‘__imul__’, ‘__init__’, ‘__init_subclass__’, ‘__iter__’, ‘__le__’, ‘__len__’, ‘__lt__’, ‘__mul__’, ‘__ne__’, ‘__new__’, ‘__reduce__’, ‘__reduce_ex__’, ‘__repr__’, ‘__reversed__’, ‘__rmul__’, ‘__setattr__’, ‘__setitem__’, ‘__sizeof__’, ‘__str__’, ‘__subclasshook__’, ‘append’, ‘clear’, ‘copy’, ‘count’, ‘extend’, ‘index’, ‘insert’, ‘pop’, ‘remove’, ‘reverse’, ‘sort’]