Question

How would I go about removing an array item from an array in a way that keeps the array index in an incremental list?

Basically I want to do this:

Modify the following array so that it results in the next one

#before
arrayName[0] = "asdf random text"
arrayName[1] = "more randomasdf"
arrayName[2] = "this is the array item i am about to remove"
arrayName[3] = "another asdfds"
arrayName[4] = "and som easdf"

#after
arrayName[0] = "asdf random text"
arrayName[1] = "more randomasdf"
arrayName[2] = "another asdfds"
arrayName[3] = "and som easdf"

Notice how arrayName[2] from the #before array is gone in the #after array and the index has been reordered so that arrayName[3] from the #before array is now arrayName[2].

I want to delete the array item and reorder the array index.

How can I do this efficiently?

Answer 1

If by “array” you actually mean “list”, you can simply use del:

del arrayName[2]