Feb 2, 2014 · My answer is not exactly to your question but after you read this, I hope you can decide which type you need to choose for your needs. Python’s lists are variable-length arrays, not Lisp …

The del statement can be used to delete an entire list. If you have a specific list item as your argument to del (e.g. listname [7] to specifically reference the 8th item in the list), it'll just delete that item.

Sep 17, 2016 · Possible Duplicate: Get difference from two lists in Python What is a simplified way of doing this? I have been trying on my own, and I can't figure it out. list a and list b, the new list should

Dec 13, 2016 · How do I remove an element from a list by index? I found list.remove(), but this slowly scans the list for an item by value.

Doing alist = [] does not clear the list, just creates an empty list and binds it to the variable alist. The old list will still exist if it had other variable bindings. To actually clear a list in-place, you can use any of …

May 8, 2010 · In my case, using python 3.6: when I try to delete an element from a list in a 'for' bucle with 'del' command, python changes the index in the process and bucle stops prematurely before time.

List comprehensions became the preferred style for list manipulation in Python since introduced in version 2.0 by PEP 202. The rationale behind it is that List comprehensions provide a more concise …

Aug 23, 2016 · I'm using python 2, and trying to delete two lists. Here is the code:

Oct 23, 2012 · It's assigning to a list slice that just happens to be the entire list, thereby replacing the list contents within the same Python list object, rather than just reseating one reference (from the …

Jan 31, 2009 · Is it possible to delete multiple elements from a list at the same time? If I want to delete elements at index 0 and 2, and try something like del somelist[0], followed by del somelist[2], the …