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Hope Mallary
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the_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
# Your code goes below here
the_list.pop(3)
the_list.insert(0,1)
print(the_list)
del the_list[4]
del the_list[5]
del the_list[1]
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Simon Coates
28,694 Pointsmaybe:
the_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
# Your code goes below here
the_list.insert(0, the_list.pop(3));
print(the_list) #[1, 'a', 2, 3, False, [1, 2, 3]]
del the_list[1]
del the_list[3]
del the_list[3]
Simon Coates
28,694 PointsSimon Coates
28,694 Pointsthe problem is that as you remove items, the index values change. (unless you remove items from higher index values first). the following might be what you want: