How can I delete an element from a list when I do not know it's index number

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I am making a text-based adventure game and am having a little trouble.

I want to delete an item from an inventory list however, it's index is unknown as the user may of picked up other items before the one i'm trying to delete.

How would I go about deleting it?

the list is:

inventory = ["sword", "healing potion"]

and when you go through the game you pick up items and it gets added to this list.

Mureinik · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03 10:59:13Z

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You can simply use the remove method:

inventory.remove('sword')

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 10:59

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Fabrizio A. · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03 11:23:06Z

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Above answer is the best one. Another way to do it is(maybe this could be useful too):

index = inventory.index("sword") #in this way you get the index del(inventory[index]) #and now remove it

answered Dec 3, 2016 at 11:23

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Vibhutha Kumarage Over a year ago

or inventory.pop(index)

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