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

Posted by Tiago Ramos
Tiago Ramos
2,380 Points

How do I remove the list?

Hey guys how do I remove the last element that's also a list? thanks

lists.py 
messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]

messy_list.pop(3)
messy_list.insert(0, 1)

messy_list.remove(0)
messy_list.remove(3)
messy_list.remove(3)


# Your code goes below here

2 Answers

Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
18,823 Points
Kent Åsvang
Kent Åsvang
18,823 Points

Well, you are actually using the 'remove'-method kind of wrong. You should type in the value which you want to have removed, not the index. Like so : 

messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]

# Your code goes below here
messy_list.insert(0, messy_list.pop(3))

messy_list.remove("a")
messy_list.remove(False)
messy_list.remove([1, 2, 3])

Hope that helpes.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

There's a couple of ways to do this.

You could continue to use the remove method, and just give it the list you want removed as an argument, or you could use the del keyword and reference the list item by providing its position in the outer list as an index.