{ANSWERED} 1) how to “remove” just the second one of the same letter. {ANSWERED} 2)How to “reverse” just part of a list

Question

List [‘a’ ‘b’ ‘c’ ‘a’]
1) how can I “remove” only the second ‘a’ and not the first ’a’ (I just learned the remove function)and can take out the second without the first
2) can I “reverse” just ‘a’ and ‘b’ and not the rest

Answer 1

1. del statement lets you choose item to remove by list index. You can first search the right occurrence, then use it's index.
2. I don't know if that got clear, but I mean assign only to the items to swap: list[first index], list[second index] = list[second index], list[first index]

Answer 2

Do you need that specifically for this list, or a general approach, being this list an example?
1) Use del statement
2) A simple assignment, as in a, b = b, a
Knowing better your need, we'll proceed.

Answer 3

Emerson Prado
Its an example not specifec

Answer 4

Emerson Prado
For question 1
When i use the remove function it goes to the first one guessing that ill have the same problom by del function whan to take out only the second one
For question 2
Just wanted to know if there is a proper way to do it and not reasighn it

Answer 5

Emerson Prado
So answer to question 1 if i want to del the second ‘a’ i do this
List [‘a’ ‘b’ ‘a’ ]
del (list[2])
Print (list)

Output
a b

Answer to question 2 i have to reassign the ‘a’ ‘b’ cant use the reverse function
Please let me know if i understood had a hard time understanding

Answer 6

You understood correctly.
For the del statement, that's just it. The only correction is you don't need parenthesis - it's a statement, not a function.
The reverse function only reverses the whole list so, yes, it can't be used here.

Answer 7

So i do it
del list [2]

Answer 8

Emerson Prado
Thanks