How to remove list elements in a for loop in Python? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Iterate through a copy of the list:

>>> a = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
>>> for item in a[:]:
    print item
    if item == "b":
        a.remove(item)

a
b
c
d
e
>>> print a
['a', 'c', 'd', 'e']