Problem with list.remove() method

[Prasad, Ramit]

Alvaro Combo wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm relatively new to Python... but I have found something I cannot explain... and  I'm sure you can help me.
> 
> I have the following function that serves for removing the duplicates from a list... It's a simple and (almost)
> trivial task.
> 
> I'm using WingIDE as editor/debugger and have Python 2.7.3.
> 
> When running this I have an error when trying to remove cpy_lst[4]... and ONLY THAT!!! Even in interactive
> mode!!!
> 
> Any suggestion is MOST welcome.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> ACombo
> 
> ...And the code:
> 
> def remove_dup_5_10():
>     """
>     Remove the duplicates of a given list. The original list MUST be kept.
>     """
> 
>     # Set the original list
>     lst = ['a', 1, 10.0, 2, 'd', 'b', 'b', 'b', 1, 2, 'b' ]
> 
>     # NEED to create a copy... See dicussion on Problem 5.6 and issue #2
>     cpy_lst = list(lst)
> 
>     # Perform an infinite loop... explained later
>     i=0 # initialize the index
>     while i != len(cpy_lst):
>         if cpy_lst.count(cpy_lst[i]) != 1:
>             cpy_lst.remove(i)
>         else:
>             i += 1
> 
>     print "The original List: ", lst
>     print "List with NO duplicates: ", cpy_lst
> 
>     return True
> --

Remove looks for the *value* not the *index* of the value.

>>> help([].remove)
Help on built-in function remove:

remove(...)
    L.remove(value) -- remove first occurrence of value.
    Raises ValueError if the value is not present.

Change ` cpy_lst.remove(i)` to `cpy_lst.remove(cpy_lst[i])`.

~Ramit



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