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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Removing items from a list

Posted by Kevin Selagea
Kevin Selagea
2,161 Points

Can Someone Help Me?

For some reason task1 is no longer passing.

lists.py 
messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
messy_list.insert(0, messy_list.pop(3))

messy_list.pop(3)
messy_list.insert(0, 1)
messy_list.remove("a")
del messy_list[-2:]
print messy_list ```

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Kevin,

You've got a couple of extra lines of code that look like they're trying to re-do what you did in the second line of your program. If you remove those extra lines, it should pass:

messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
messy_list.insert(0, messy_list.pop(3))

# messy_list.pop(3)  # remove this line
# messy_list.insert(0, 1)  # remove this line
messy_list.remove("a")
del messy_list[-2:]
print messy_list