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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List cleanup

Jonathan Ramirez
Jonathan Ramirez
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Python deleting items from lists

Help! I can't figure out why the code challenge isn't accepting my code.

Just a simple delete list item.

Work spaces seems to accept it without any syntax error.

messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]  

del messy [2] 

Bummer! Did you use 'del'?

1 Answer