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

Andrew Patella
Andrew Patella
2,270 Points
Posted by Andrew Patella
Andrew Patella
2,270 Points

Removing all items except ints from the list, using .remove() and del

this is the code I wrote to pass the challenge, but I feel like it could be more efficient for example what if someone put True in my list it would just be there. I was wondering if there is a way to have all the checking and removal done inside the for loop. Any information would be very helpful thank you.

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

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

for i in messy_list:
    x = messy_list.index(i)
    try:
        i / 2
    except TypeError:
        del messy_list[x]

messy_list.remove(False)