Hi All, I'm relatively new to Python... but I have found something I cannot explain... and I'm sure you can help me.
I have the following function that serves for removing the duplicates from a list... It's a simple and (almost) trivial task. I'm using WingIDE as editor/debugger and have Python 2.7.3. When running this I have an error when trying to remove cpy_lst[4]... and ONLY THAT!!! Even in interactive mode!!! Any suggestion is MOST welcome. Best Regards ACombo ...And the code: def remove_dup_5_10(): """ Remove the duplicates of a given list. The original list MUST be kept. """ # Set the original list lst = ['a', 1, 10.0, 2, 'd', 'b', 'b', 'b', 1, 2, 'b' ] # NEED to create a copy... See dicussion on Problem 5.6 and issue #2 cpy_lst = list(lst) # Perform an infinite loop... explained later i=0 # initialize the index while i != len(cpy_lst): if cpy_lst.count(cpy_lst[i]) != 1: cpy_lst.remove(i) else: i += 1 print "The original List: ", lst print "List with NO duplicates: ", cpy_lst return True -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list