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Why can't i delete all the numbers < 6??

It's removing 1 and 3 but why it's not removing 2 & 5??? As in the given e.g.. a = [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7] for item in a: if item < 6: a.remove(item) #why it is not removing item = 2 & 5 ?? print(a)

27th Jun 2019, 3:11 AM
Amit Dubey
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That's because lists are mutable and Python avoids automatically making object copies where possible. And for loop is iterating through a list, that gets removed values over time. You can fix that by changing the line: for item in a: To: for item in a.copy():
27th Jun 2019, 10:53 AM
Seb TheS
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Ahh, thanks a laaot mahn..it worked... But i still can't understand what you're trying to say..can you plz gimme an example?
27th Jun 2019, 7:12 PM
Amit Dubey
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