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rsa14
1,865 PointsNot working.
How would you move the 1 to the front?
messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3]]
# Your code goes below here
one = messy_list.pop(1)
messy_list.insert(0, one)
rsa14
1,865 PointsAh of course! Thank you Nate, that is so helpful!
1 Answer
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsRemember that .pop takes an index of not the value of the element you want to "pop."
Try something like messy_list.pop(messy_list.index(1)) instead.
I hope this helps ;)
Nate Spry
Courses Plus Student 2,103 PointsNate Spry
Courses Plus Student 2,103 PointsYou don't want to put the 1 itself inside of .pop(). Instead, you need to put the index number in there. Your code is taking the 2 and moving it to the front because you said, .pop(1). To move the 1 you would need to do:
Let me know if that makes sense!