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Python Python Collections (Retired) Lists Redux Manipulating Lists

sidni ahmed
sidni ahmed
3,329 Points

move the 1 to position 0

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

which medthod do i use?

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi sidni,

You will need to use insert() with the pop() inside of the insert function. Remember, when you pop something out of a list, it will remove it, but it also returns the value.

the_list.insert(0, the_list.pop(3))

So, here we are calling the insert function on the_list. Inside the parenthesis, we tell the function that we want to insert at index zero the following item (note the comma). Here you call the pop function on the_list at index 3 which will remove and return 1, which will then be inserted into the zero index.

I hope this helps and makes sense. Keep Coding! :)