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Start your free trialAlex Figueroa
2,148 PointsHow to delete an item of a list
I'm going back to my notes and looked online it specifically says to remove 8 from my list. I then use del messy[8] which is obvious however I get an index error. How could this be?
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[8]
1 Answer
Wade Williams
24,476 PointsWhen you delete using del you need to provide the index of the item you want to delete and not the value. You're getting an index error because you're trying to delete the item at index 8 and there's only 5 items in the list.
To delete the number 8, you would delete the item at index number 2
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[2]
Alex Figueroa
2,148 PointsAlex Figueroa
2,148 PointsThanks Wade