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427 Pointshow do I remove brakets inside brackets in a list?
see above
states = [
'ACTIVE',
['red', 'green', 'blue'],
'CANCELLED',
'FINISHED',
5,
]
states.remove(5)
states.remove('red', 'green', 'blue')
1 Answer
Marek Zakrzewski
2,920 PointsIn this case, what you're trying to remove is a list within a list, so in order to remove it, you need to use the entire list, including brackets:
states.remove(['red', 'green', 'blue'])
If you don't include the brackets, the remove function will think that you're trying to paste 3 arguments into it, while you're just trying to remove an item which is an list, not 3 separate items.
From Python documentation:
list.remove(x)
#Remove the first item from the list whose value is x. It is an error if there is no such item.