Lists used to be so easy, now I can hardly change them.

[BurnTard]

I can hardly solve the simplest thing without asking thescripts for help... Must be getting late. If I keep this up, I'll be an admin within the month.
This time, I have a list with six random numbers in it. Since the numbers are random, I don't know at which indexes they are. What I want to do is basically:

str= ""
str=raw_input("Random gibberish")
a=[random numbers]
 
if str in a:
    print "Random gibberish"
    del str in a # As in "I want the number he just typed to be removed from the list"
 
 

Which of course does not work. Python dislikes the "del str in a", of course, and I've been trying various things (basically just typed in english words and prayed) but to no avail. Does anyone have a smart way to do this? Try to keep it simple, mind...

[Smygis]

The string "1" is not equal to the integer "1".

>>> lst = [2,1,5,2]
>>> num = "1"
>>> num in lst
False
>>> num = int("1")
>>> num in lst
True
>>> lst.index(num)
1
>>> dir(lst)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__str__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']
>>> print lst.remove.__doc__
L.remove(value) -- remove first occurrence of value
>>> lst.remove(num)
>>> lst
[2, 5, 2]
 

One tip is to lern how to use doc strings and the dir function.

[BurnTard]

The string "1" is not equal to the integer "1".

>>> lst = [2,1,5,2]
>>> num = "1"
>>> num in lst
False
>>> num = int("1")
>>> num in lst
True
>>> lst.index(num)
1
>>> dir(lst)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__str__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']
>>> print lst.remove.__doc__
L.remove(value) -- remove first occurrence of value
>>> lst.remove(num)
>>> lst
[2, 5, 2]
 

One tip is to lern how to use doc strings and the dir function.

Do tell, how do I use doc strings and the dir function?

[Smygis]

simply do:

print watheveryouwattoknowabut.__doc__
 

that is <dot><underscore><underscore>doc<underscore><under score>
exaple:

>>> print dir.__doc__
dir([object]) -> list of strings
 
Return an alphabetized list of names comprising (some of) the attributes
of the given object, and of attributes reachable from it:
 
No argument:  the names in the current scope.
Module object:  the module attributes.
Type or class object:  its attributes, and recursively the attributes of
    its bases.
Otherwise:  its attributes, its class's attributes, and recursively the
    attributes of its class's base classes.
 

[bvdet]

I can hardly solve the simplest thing without asking thescripts for help... Must be getting late. If I keep this up, I'll be an admin within the month.
This time, I have a list with six random numbers in it. Since the numbers are random, I don't know at which indexes they are. What I want to do is basically:

str= ""
str=raw_input("Random gibberish")
a=[random numbers]
 
if str in a:
    print "Random gibberish"
    del str in a # As in "I want the number he just typed to be removed from the list"
 
 

Which of course does not work. Python dislikes the "del str in a", of course, and I've been trying various things (basically just typed in english words and prayed) but to no avail. Does anyone have a smart way to do this? Try to keep it simple, mind...

Do not use a Python built-in function name for a variable (str). Maybe this will help:

>>> numList = [random.randint(0,9) for _ in range(10)]
>>> numList
[2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> n = int(raw_input('Enter a number'))
>>> n
2
>>> while True:
...     if n in numList:
...         numList.remove(2)
...     else:
...         break
...     
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9]
>>> numList = [2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> numList.remove(2)
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> 

OR

>>> numList = [2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> while True:
...     try: numList.remove(n)
...     except: break
...     
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9]
>>> 

[Smygis]

Do not use a Python built-in function name for a variable (str). Maybe this will help:

>>> numList = [random.randint(0,9) for _ in range(10)]
>>> numList
[2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> n = int(raw_input('Enter a number'))
>>> n
2
>>> while True:
...     if n in numList:
...         numList.remove(2)
...     else:
...         break
...     
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9]
>>> numList = [2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> numList.remove(2)
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> 

OR

>>> numList = [2, 5, 8, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 9]
>>> while True:
...     try: numList.remove(n)
...     except: break
...     
>>> numList
[5, 8, 3, 4, 5, 9]
>>> 

OR

while n in numList: numList.remove(n)
 

God night. 2.21AM now.
Signing off.

[ghostdog74]

while n in numList: numList.remove(n)
 

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Minor difference between while 1 method and this method in general. if using "while 1" , in the loop, one can code for more than one condition to break.