On 15 January 2013 23:53, Scurvy Scott <etanes...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Anyways, the problem I'm having is I'm not really sure how to search a list >> > for multiple elements and remove just those elements. Below is my code so >> > far, and information y'all could provide would be appreciated. Thanks. >> [SNIP] > > What I meant to say is, I want to be able to search the generated list > for a specific set of strings so like > > list = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g'] > search = ['b','d','g'] > list.del[search]
How about: new_list = [element for element in list if element not in search] (It would be more efficient to use a set but it's not strictly necessary) Oscar _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
