how to delete from a list python code example

Example 1: python remove element from list

myList.remove(item) # Removes first instance of "item" from myList
myList.pop(i) # Removes and returns item at myList[i]

Example 2: deleting a list in python

# deletes whole list
thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
del thislist

Example 3: delete items from python list

l = list(range(10))
print(l)
# [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

del l[0]
print(l)
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

del l[-1]
print(l)
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

del l[6]
print(l)
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]

Example 4: removing things from lsit

l = list(range(10))
print(l)
# [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

l.clear()
print(l)
# []

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