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4,384 PointsHow do i remove different types from a list?
cant seem to get this to work...
messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
# Your code goes below here
messy_list.insert(0, messy_list.pop(3))
test_list = messy_list.copy()
for item in test_list:
if item == list or item == str or item == bool:
messy_list.remove(item)
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsYou're close, but instead of comparing the item itself, you'll want to compare the type of the item:
if type(item) == list or type(item) == str or type(item) == bool:
Optionally, you could make the test more compact by looking for everything with a type other than what you want to keep:
if type(item) != int:
Shane Smith
4,384 PointsThank you!