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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List cleanup

Posted by Ahmed Naeem
Ahmed Naeem
353 Points

Hi, I encountered with this error: Did you use 'del'? I used "del messy [2]" since messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]. Plz help

When I tried doing the same index deletion from a local shell it gave me the error: SyntaxError: can't delete literal . Can anybody please tell me why?

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Ahmed,

You are receiving an error because of a whitespace typo. In Python, there cannot be a space between the variable name and the opening square bracket.

So...

del messy [2]

needs to be...

del messy[2]

Keep coding! :)

Ahmed Naeem
Ahmed Naeem
353 Points

Thank you very much Jason I got that.