For loop is skipping some stuff! Python

Question

I\'m trying to run this code so that it runs a function for all elements of a list. For illustrative purposes here, basically it should print:

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Answer 1

When you run input.remove(possible_word) you're changing the size of the list which you happen to be iterating over, which leads to peculiar results. In general, don't mutate anything that you're iterating over.

More concise example:

>>> lst = ['a', 'b', 'c']
>>> for el in lst:
    print el
    lst.remove(el)

a
c

Answer 2

Jon Clements is right. You generally don't want to do something like this. However I'll assume you have a specific need for it.

The answer is simple. Change the line

for possible_word in input:

to this line

for possible_word in input[:]:

This will make a copy of the list for you to iterate over. That way when you remove an item it won't effect your loop.