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

Christopher Downie
Christopher Downie
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Posted by Christopher Downie
Christopher Downie
2,546 Points

How to remove item from list

Question wants me to remove the last item from the list. What am I doing wrong?

lists.py 
states = ['ACTIVE',['red', 'green', 'blue'],'CANCELLED', 'FINISHED', 5,]

states.remove([5])
Christopher Downie
Christopher Downie
2,546 Points
Christopher Downie
Christopher Downie
2,546 Points

Tells me that Item is not in the list.

1 Answer

Nicholas Grenwalt
Nicholas Grenwalt
46,626 Points
Nicholas Grenwalt
Nicholas Grenwalt
46,626 Points

Just take out the brackets around 5 and you are good to go. Picture it as once you put that .remove() on it you are now walking around inside that list so you call it exactly how it is listed.