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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List cleanup

Posted by Onur Mete
Onur Mete
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Cant manage to delete both even numbers.

Cant manage to delete both even numbers. Anyone an idea why?

Thanks

lists.py 
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[1]
del messy[2]

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points

after the first deletion the list is mutated and the element at index 2 is not an even number, as the remaining elements have been shifted left.