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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List cleanup

Wadzanai Mufunde
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Wadzanai Mufunde
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Posted by Wadzanai Mufunde
Wadzanai Mufunde
Courses Plus Student 9,174 Points

User del to delete the number 8 (Did you use Del error)

I think I've done this correctly but it's telling me that I haven't used del when I have. What do I do?

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

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge is quite picky about how your code is formatted. The issue is that you have a space between the brackets and the messy variable. If you remove that space like this:

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

Then your code will be accepted.