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Python Python Collections (Retired) Lists Redux Manipulating Lists

Kern Tallett
Kern Tallett
10,012 Points
Posted by Kern Tallett
Kern Tallett
10,012 Points

.pop and .insert Why is this popping the list nested in a list?

Why does this code pop a list within the list rather than the first iteration of '1'?

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

# Your code goes below here
the_list.insert(0, the_list.pop()[1])

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

When pop isn't given an argument it defaults to removing the last element in the list, which in this case is another list. In order to get at the 1, you'll need to specify which index you want to pop.