Difference between del and remove?

[Yansky]

Thanks for the clarification guys. :)

On Dec 13, 7:05 pm, Tim Roberts <t... at probo.com> wrote:
> Yansky <thegoodd... at gmail.com> 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, t... at probo.com
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