Changes in getting started with list. Elaborating some points as suggested in review
--- a/getting-started-with-lists/script.rst Thu Nov 11 01:43:26 2010 +0530
+++ b/getting-started-with-lists/script.rst Thu Nov 11 12:19:32 2010 +0530
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
deletes the element at index 1, i.e the second element of the
list, 'eggs'. The other way is removing element by content. Lets say
one wishes to delete 100 from nonempty list the syntax of the command
-should be
+would be
.. #[[Anoop: let x = [1,2,1,3]
now x.remove(x[2])
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@
thus remove removes the first occurence of the element in the sequence
and leaves others untouched.
+One should remember this that while del removes by index number.
+Remove , removes on the basis of content being passed so if ::
+
+ k = [1,2,1,3]
+ del([k[2])
+
+gives us [1,2,3]. ::
+
+ k.remove(x[2])
+
+will give us [2,1,3]. Since it deletes the first occurence of what is
+returned by x[2] which is 1.
+
+
+