Remove Specified Item
The remove() method removes the specified item.
Example
Remove “banana”:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
thislist.remove(“banana”)
print(thislist)
Output:
[‘apple’, ‘cherry’]
Remove Specified Index
The pop() method removes the specified index.
Example
Remove the second item:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
thislist.pop(1)
print(thislist)
Output:
[‘apple’, ‘cherry’]
If you do not specify the index, the pop() method removes the last item.
Example
Remove the last item:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
thislist.pop()
print(thislist)
Output:
[‘apple’, ‘banana’]
The del keyword also removes the specified index:
Example
Remove the first item:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
del thislist[0]
print(thislist)
Output:
[‘banana’, ‘cherry’]
The del keyword can also delete the list completely.
Example
Delete the entire list:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
del thislist
#this will cause an error because you have succsesfully deleted “thislist”.
Output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “demo_list_del2.py”, line 3, in <module>
print(thislist) #this will cause an error because you have succsesfully deleted “thislist”.
NameError: name ‘thislist’ is not defined
Clear the List
The clear() method empties the list.
The list still remains, but it has no content.
Example
Clear the list content:
thislist = [“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”]
thislist.clear()
print(thislist)
Output:
[ ]