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Ramon Villarreal-Leal
4,764 PointsUse del to delete the 8 from messy.
need help
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
messy.remove(8)
4 Answers
Ramon Villarreal-Leal
4,764 Pointsmessy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy [2]
Patrick Madden
1,632 PointsHey Ramon, the challenge is asking you to use 'del' to delete, not remove. You're going to want to do something like...
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[2]
You're telling del to delete index 2 from messy which would be the 8.
Ramon Villarreal-Leal
4,764 PointsTried it I cannot get it to work
Patrick Madden
1,632 PointsHow are you typing it out when using del?
Ramon Villarreal-Leal
4,764 PointsYour a life saver man! I'm having trouble with indentation in python
Patrick Madden
1,632 PointsIt happens man so no worries, but I do like how it's closer to English than some of the other languages out there. Good luck.
Patrick Madden
1,632 PointsPatrick Madden
1,632 PointsRemove the space in between messy and [2].