How to remove an element from a list by index

Question

How do I remove an element from a list by index in Python?

I found the list.remove method, but say I want to remove the last element, how do I do this?

Answer 1

As previously mentioned, best practice is del(); or pop() if you need to know the value.

An alternate solution is to re-stack only those elements you want:

    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] 

    def remove_element(list_,index_):
        clipboard = []
        for i in range(len(list_)):
            if i is not index_:
                clipboard.append(list_[i])
        return clipboard

    print(remove_element(a,2))

    >> ['a', 'b', 'd']

eta: hmm... will not work on negative index values, will ponder and update

I suppose

if index_<0:index_=len(list_)+index_

would patch it... but suddenly this idea seems very brittle. Interesting thought experiment though. Seems there should be a 'proper' way to do this with append() / list comprehension.

pondering