Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

Deleting list elements

To remove a list element, you can use either the del statement if you know exactly which element(s) you are deleting. You can use the remove() method if you do not know exactly which items to delete. Refer to the following example:

#!/usr/bin/python3cities = ['Mumbai', 'Bangalore', 'Chennai', 'Pune']print ("Before deleting: ", cities)del cities[2]print ("After deleting: ", cities)Output:Before deleting: ['Mumbai', 'Bangalore', 'Chennai', 'Pune']After deleting: ['Mumbai', 'Bangalore', 'Pune']