i wrote a script in python that removes a particular character from a python list. Here i chose to remove all 'h' in a list. This is the code i wrote:
input1=list(raw_input("Enter input list:"))
print "Initial list:",input1
for item in input1:
if item == 'h':
input1.remove(item)
print input1
else:
continue
print "Final list:",input1
I gave the following input:
hhhhheilhhthhh
I expected the final list to be :
['e','i','l','t']
i got the following output:
['e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
This is the whole output:
Enter input list:hhhhheilhhthhh
Initial list: ['h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['h', 'h', 'h', 'e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['h', 'h', 'e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['h', 'e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
['e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
Final list: ['e', 'i', 'l', 'h', 't', 'h', 'h', 'h']
I think the problem is with the remove function. Why does python behave like this?
