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mully BENDET
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,054 Pointswhy is it not working
can you help fast
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[-3]
del messy[-4]
2 Answers
Jake Goodman
3,381 PointsWhen you delete the -3 index of messy, your list would now look like this:
[5, 2, 1, 3]
Now, the number 2 is no longer at the -4th index of this list because the list has changed. The number 2 is now at the -3rd index, or the 1st index.
Jeff Wilton
16,646 PointsYou're super close. The only thing you have to keep in mind is that after your first delete statement, there is one less item in the array.
original array:
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
array after del messy[-3]:
messy = [5, 2, 1, 3]
How do we delete the "2" now? It's still the third from the right, so it would still be del messy[-3]
Full example:
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del messy[-3]
del messy[-3]