Imagine you have a to-do list:

This list contains 3 items.

Let's say you've finished the first task on this list; meaning, you've already sent an email to Tom. To cross that task off the list, you'd write:

Now, the list is down to two tasks:

• tasks[0] reads 'call Max';
• tasks[1] reads 'meet with sister'.

You can remove any item from the list by using its index number.

Note

Curious about the syntax of del?

• The statement starts with the keyword del;
• Next, you typically identify the list item with its index like tasks[index].

Time to give it a shot!