Python: Remove all the instances of a value from list

Using ‘while’ loop, we can delete all the instances of a value from the list.

 

Example

def remove_element(item, list):

    while(item in list):

         list.remove(item)

 

remove_elements.py

def remove_element(item, list):
    while(item in list):
    	list.remove(item)

data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3]
print(f"data : {data}")

print("\nRemoving 3 from list")

remove_element(3, data)
print(f"\ndata : {data}")

 

Output

$python3 remove_elements.py
data : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3]

Removing 3 from list

data : [1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 2, 4]

 

 

  

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