[Tutor] Python program to remove a specific digit from every element of list

[Alan Gauld]

On 21/04/2021 09:48, Manprit Singh wrote:
> Dear sir,
> So let me tell you why I have asked this question, actually this problem is
> purely a numerical problem, why to solve this using strings ?  

Clearly it is not "purely a numerical problem" since it can be solved
using strings. It just depends on how you look at it. Is it about
removing a particular character or a particular number?
Why use strings rather than numbers? Look at the length of the code
for the two options. Look at the numbers of computations (each
computation is a potential error).

Which one is actually faster would require profiling and testing but
I doubt there is much difference, especially for small data sets.
For large datasets the string version will consume more memory.

>>> def remove_digit(x, n):
>>>     """Function that removes digit n from a number x """
>>>     ans, i = 0, 0
>>>     while x != 0:
>>>         x, rem = divmod(x, 10)
>>>         if rem != n:
>>>             ans = ans + (rem * 10**i)
>>>             i = i + 1
>>>     return ans
>>>
>>> lst = [333, 435, 479, 293, 536]
>>> ans = [remove_digit(ele, 3) for ele in lst if remove_digit(ele, 3)]
>>
>> Better? You decide. Shorter yes.
>>
>>>>> lst = [333, 435, 479, 293, 536]
>>>>> res = [str(n).replace('3','') for n in lst]
>>>>> res2 = [int(s) for s in res if s]
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