"les" <abidnego25 at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:653cf871.0210111009.5128832a at posting.google.com... > Hi, > dictionaries have a clear() method, do lists have something similar? > i would like to list to empty and memory recollected right away. >>> l = range(10) >>> l[:]=[] #<<<<========= >>> l [] Terry J. Reedy