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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List cleanup

Posted by pikapika123
pikapika123
440 Points

error

where am i making a mistake

lists.py 
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
delete=list('52813')
del delete[2]

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You've created a new variable named delete which is not required for this challenge. To use the del function we need to supply the index of the item we want to delete. In this case, 5 has an index of 0, 2 has an index of 1, and 8 has an index of 2. So this is the line needed:

del messy[2]

This will delete the item at index 2 of the messy list.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: