memorize: 2 ways to remove an item from Python list (del keyword, remove method)
May 4, 2021
The aim of this pagešis to handle 2 ways to remove an item from a python list (applicable to other collections as well).
1. remove by index: del keyword
- use the
del <object>[<index>]keyword
del a_list[index]>>> l = "I like Icecream a Lot"
>>> l = "I like Icecream a Lot".split()
>>> l
['I', 'like', 'Icecream', 'a', 'Lot']
>>> del l[3]
>>> l
['I', 'like', 'Icecream', 'Lot']
>>>
2. remove by value: remove()
- use the
remove(<value>) - note that it removes the first instance of the value
>>> l.remove('like')
>>> l
['I', 'Icecream', 'Lot']- this is the same as
>>> del l[l.index('like')]
