Remove the first N items that match a condition in a Python list

Question

If I have a function matchCondition(x), how can I remove the first n items in a Python list that match that condition?

One solution is to itera

Answer 1

If mutation is required:

def do_remove(ls, N, predicate):
    i, delete_count, l = 0, 0, len(ls)
    while i < l and delete_count < N:
        if predicate(ls[i]):
           ls.pop(i) # remove item at i
           delete_count, l = delete_count + 1, l - 1 
        else:
           i += 1
    return ls # for convenience

assert(do_remove(l, N, matchCondition) == [10, 9, 8, 4, 7])