How can I ignore ValueError when I try to remove an element from a list?

Question

How can I ignore the \"not in list\" error message if I call a.remove(x) when x is not present in list a?

This is my situation:

Answer 1

When I only care to ensure the entry is not in a list, dict, or set I use contextlib like so:

import contextlib

some_list = []
with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
    some_list.remove(10)

some_set = set()
some_dict = dict()
with contextlib.suppress(KeyError):
    some_set.remove('some_value')
    del some_dict['some_key']