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Maurice Abney
Courses Plus Student 9,859 Pointsquestion not accepting correct answer
although answer is correct, I get "bummer! did you use del?". output says file not closed
messy = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]
del(messy[2])
2 Answers
Ryan S
27,276 PointsHi Maurice,
The use of the del keyword does not require parentheses.
del messy[2]
Good luck.
Torsten Lundahl
2,570 PointsYou are using del as a function Instead of a statement. It doesn't need any parentheses. Just write del messy[2] and your code should work.