Thanks for the clarification guys. :) On Dec 13, 7:05 pm, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Got a quick n00b question. What's the difference between del and > >remove? > > It would have been easier to answer if you had given a little context. > > "del" is a Python statement that removes a name from a namespace, an item > from a dictionary, or an item from a list. > > "remove" is a member function of the 'list' class that finds a specific > entry in the list and removes it. > > Example: > > >>> e = [9,8,7,6] ; del e[2] ; e > > [9, 8, 6] > > >>> e = [9,8,7,6] ; e.remove(2) ; e > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list > > >>> e = [9,8,7,6] ; e.remove(8) ; e > > [9, 7, 6] > > Note that "del e[2]" removed item number 2 (counting from 0). e.remove(8) > removed the item that had the value 8 from the list. e.remove(2) failed > because the number 2 was not in the list. > > Dictionaries do not have a "remove" method. You have to use the "del" > statement. > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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