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# deletes whole list
thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
del thislist
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l = list[1, 2, 3, 4]
l.pop(0) #remove item by index
l.remove(3)#remove item by value
#also buth of the methods returns the item
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myList = ['Item', 'Item', 'Delete Me!', 'Item']
del myList[2] # myList now equals ['Item', 'Item', 'Item']
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list_ = ["lots", "of", "items", "in", "a", "list"]
# Remove an item by index and get its value: pop()
>>> list_.pop(0)
'lots'
>>> list_
["of", "items", "in", "a", "list"]
# Remove an item by value: remove()
>>> list_.remove("in")
>>> list_
["of", "items", "a", "list"]
# Remove items by index or slice: del
>>> del list_[1]
>>> list_
['of', 'a', 'list']
# Remove all items: clear()
>>> list_.clear()
>>> list_
[]
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myList = ['Item', 'Item', 'Delete Me!', 'Item']
myList.pop(2) # myList now equals ['Item', 'Item', 'Item']
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thislist = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
print(thislist)
del thislist
print(thislist)