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Python Python Collections (Retired) Lists Redux Manipulating Lists

Posted by Michail Thompson
Michail Thompson
1,843 Points

I'm stuck on a Python challenge question!

the question asks to use .remove() and or del to remove all strings, list items, and booleans. Please help me if you know how to do this!

lists.py 
the_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]

# Your code goes below here
the_list.insert(0, the_list.pop(3))
for item in the_list:
  del the_list[0]

1 Answer

Frederick Pearce
Frederick Pearce
10,677 Points
Frederick Pearce
Frederick Pearce
10,677 Points

Something like this works:

the_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]

# Your code goes below here
the_list.insert(0, the_list.pop(3))
# You can remove an item via index with del
# For example, the following removes the "a", 
# which is now the second value because of Task 1
del the_list[1]
# Or, you can remove an item via its value with .remove()
the_list.remove(False)
the_list.remove([1, 2, 3])