Is there a simple way to delete a list element by value?

Question

I want to remove a value from a list if it exists in the list (which it may not).

a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
b = a.index(6)

del a[b]
print(a)

The abov

Answer 1

We can also use .pop:

>>> lst = [23,34,54,45]
>>> remove_element = 23
>>> if remove_element in lst:
...     lst.pop(lst.index(remove_element))
... 
23
>>> lst
[34, 54, 45]
>>>