Removal of element from list while traversing causes the next element to be skipped

[Neil Cerutti]

On Jan 30, 2008 6:57 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Or one could use the trick of counting from the right (untested):
>
> n = len(a)
> for i, x in enumerate(a):
>     if x == 99: del a[i-n]

Or one can put on his bellbottoms, horn-rimmed glasses, and wear a mullet:

i = 0
while i < len(a):
  if a[i] == 99:
    del a[i]
  else:
    i += 1

-- 
Neil Cerutti <mr.cerutti+python at gmail.com>