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Python Technical Interview Prep: Python Basics Basic Python Once You Pop

Andy McDonald
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Andy McDonald
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 13,801 Points

index given to .pop() is not removing correct list entry

If i put the pop index at 0 it takes the index position of 1. I don't understand why its doing this

pop.py
def pop(yolist, indexx):
    newnew = yolist.pop(yolist[indexx])
    return yolist

No problem!

def pop(yolist, indexx):
    newnew = yolist.pop(indexx)
    return yolist
Andy McDonald
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Andy McDonald
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So Haben.. your adding comments to the question. If you scroll down further there will be a button that says post answer or something to that effect. If you click that, and then answer. I can select it as best answer and then you can get discussion points.

1 Answer

Hi Andy! You are very close, the reason you're getting this problem is when your using yolist[indexx] it is giving you the VALUE of yolist[indexx] NOT THE ACTUAL --->INDEX NUMBER<---. You can easily fix this by replacing yolist[indexx] with just indexx.

Chris Freeman
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Changed comment to answer. Marked as best answer.