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James Brazil
390 Points... how what is wrong with my answer
delete the #8 from messy
messy=[5,2,8,1,3]
del messy [2]
the quiz says I'm wrong, so I do it in workspace console and I get this
del messy [2]
print(messy)
[5,2,1,3]
uhh that doesn't have the 8 in there
2 Answers
Stuart Wright
41,118 PointsYou need to remove the space between the variable name and the square brackets:
del messy[2]
Stuart Wright
41,118 PointsI actually didn't realize that it works correctly even with the space, but you're right - it does indeed seem to work. I've never seen it written that way though, much more common to go without a space.
James Brazil
390 PointsJames Brazil
390 Pointsyou.are.kidding.me lol I cant believe it! how come in the workspace console there is no problem with the added space? is it a formatting thing that we are not supposed to do, but technically its ok?