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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types list.remove()

charles liscomb
charles liscomb
2,074 Points

Task 1 is to remove the number 5 from the list. Task 2 is to remove the word 'red' from the list.

After passing the first step, I added the second line as shown below and it fails stating that step one is now not passing.

lists.py
states = [
    'ACTIVE',
    ['red', 'green', 'blue'],
    'CANCELLED',
    'FINISHED',
    5,
]
states.remove(5)
states.remove('red')
charles liscomb
charles liscomb
2,074 Points

I was wrong, the second action is not to remove the item 'red', but to remove the second item in the list. In this case, it is asking to remove 'red', 'green', 'blue'. For whatever reason my code displayed above was erroring out with "task 1 is no longer correct".

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

Based off your comment you know how to arrive at the answer, but you may have a syntax error? Maybe you're leaving off the square brackets in the ['red', 'green', 'blue'] array.

states = [
    'ACTIVE',
    ['red', 'green', 'blue'],
    'CANCELLED',
    'FINISHED',
    5,
]
states.remove(5)
states.remove(['red', 'green', 'blue'])

Hope this helps!