.remove()

The .remove() method removes an item from a list by passing in the value of the item to be removed as an argument.

Syntax

list.remove(item)

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In the case where two or more elements in the list have the same value, the first occurrence of the element is removed.

Example

inventory = ['⚽', '🏀', '⚾️', '🎾', '🏐']

inventory.remove('⚾️')

print(inventory)
# Output: ['⚽', '🏀', '🎾', '🏐']

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To remove the first occurrence of 'eggs':

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