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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types list.remove()

Jared Gore
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Jared Gore
Courses Plus Student 200 Points
Posted by Jared Gore
Jared Gore
Courses Plus Student 200 Points

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I have tried states.remove(['blue']) and states.remove([5]) and it errors out

I have tried

states.remove(['blue'])

and states.remove([5])

It doesn't take it.

lists.py 
states = [
    'ACTIVE',
    ['red', 'green', 'blue'],
    'CANCELLED',
    'FINISHED',
    5,
]

states.remove([5])

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points

The correct solution is:

states.remove(5)    # task 1
states.remove(['red', 'green', 'blue'])    # task 2

For the first task, you don't need square brackets around the 5 because it is not a list. For the second task you need to remove the entire list, not just the 'blue' element.