getting removed element from index python code example

Example 1: remove value from python list by value

>>> a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
>>> a.remove('b')
>>> print a
['a', 'c', 'd']

Example 2: python remove by index

a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
el = a.pop(2)