iterating through lists to delete elements

[Duncan Booth]

"gzeljko" <gzeljko at sezampro.yu> wrote in
news:mailman.997374194.8782.python-list at python.org: 

> From: Mark Robinson <m.1.robinson at herts.ac.uk>
> Subject: iterating through lists to delete elements
> 
>> Can anyone advise me the best way to iterate through a list and
>> deleting elements that don't meet a certain criteria. 
> 
> some_list = [ x for x in some_list if some_test(x) ]
> 
Possibly better to do:
 some_list[:] = [ x for x in some_list if some_test(x) ]

Otherwise any other references to the list won't be updated.

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Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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