Python program to remove each y occurrence before x in List



When it is required to remove every ‘y’ occurrence before ‘x’ in a list, a list comprehension along with the ‘index’ method are used.

Example

Below is a demonstration of the same

my_list = [4, 45, 75, 46, 66, 77, 48, 99, 10, 40, 5, 8] print("The list is :") print(my_list) a, b = 8, 4 index_a = my_list.index(a) my_result = [ele for index, ele in enumerate(my_list) if ele != b or (ele == b and index > index_a) ] print("The resultant list is ") print(my_result)

Output

The list is : [4, 45, 75, 46, 66, 77, 48, 99, 10, 40, 5, 8] The resultant list is [45, 75, 46, 66, 77, 48, 99, 10, 40, 5, 8]

Explanation

  • A list is defined and is displayed on the console.

  • Two variables are assigned integer values.

  • The index of one of the variables is obtained.

  • This is assigned to a variable.

  • A list comprehension is used to iterate through the list, using ‘enumerate’.

  • A condition is placed to check if the element is equal to (or not) the second variable.

  • The result of this operation is assigned to a variable.

  • This is displayed as the output on the console.

Updated on: 2021-09-14T10:40:55+05:30

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