The terminal told you what x.clear was. The Python documentation tells you how to call it: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html
list.clear() Remove all items from the list. Equivalent to del a[:]. An IDE (e.g. PyCharm) will try to autocomplete the parentheses and warn you if you don’t: “Statement seems to have no effect and can be replaced with a function call to have effect” From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> on behalf of DFS <nos...@dfs.com> Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 7:46 PM To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> Subject: In code, list.clear doesn't throw error - it's just ignored *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** In code, list.clear is just ignored. At the terminal, list.clear shows <built-in method clear of list object at 0x000001C9CFEC4240> in code: x = [1,2,3] x.clear print(len(x)) 3 at terminal: x = [1,2,3] x.clear <built-in method clear of list object at 0x000001C9CFEC4240> print(len(x)) 3 Caused me an hour of frustration before I noticed list.clear() was what I needed. x = [1,2,3] x.clear() print(len(x)) 0 -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!jRrjG0fRo46VyY0jLfD1Z5C6tXDiphZy8zi2AqN_N5BB1_OwBe_wxmsBWmIVOFQDdZnvbRq1JNeGnPg$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!jRrjG0fRo46VyY0jLfD1Z5C6tXDiphZy8zi2AqN_N5BB1_OwBe_wxmsBWmIVOFQDdZnvbRq1JNeGnPg$> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
