Python for beginners: Analyze To Realize (List Functions)

Question

Hi Guys,
I'm trying to figure out the correct solution for this problem. The code seems to work fine in an IDE, but I can't get a pass on SoloLearn. :/

The task is to complete the code to remove the smallest and largest elements from the list and output the sum of the remaining numbers.

# The given list:
data = [7, 5, 6.9, 1, 8, 42, 33, 128, 1024, 2, 8, 11, 0.4, 1024, 66, 809, 11, 8.9, 1.1, 3.42, 9, 100, 444, 78]
# My code:
max = max(data)
min = min(data)
i_max = data.count(max)
i_min = data.count(min)
for i in range(i_max):
data.remove(max)
for i in range(i_min):
data.remove(min)
total = 0
for i in data:
total += i
print(total)

Answer 1

however, it is bad practice to use built-in names for your variables: in your code, you cannot access more than once the min and max built-in functions as you are overiding their value with the result ;P

Answer 2

just remove min and max from data (without count, loop...)
then compute sum of remaining elements and output it ^^

max = max(data)
min = min(data)
#i_max = data.count(max)
#i_min = data.count(min)
#for i in range(i_max):
# data.remove(max)
#for i in range(i_min):
# data.remove(min)
data.remove(max)
data.remove(min)
total = 0
for i in data:
total += i
print(total)

Answer 3

data = [7, 5, 6.9, 1, 8, 42, 33, 128, 1024, 2, 8, 11, 0.4, 1024, 66, 809, 11, 8.9, 1.1, 3.42, 9, 100, 444, 78]
#your code goes here
data.remove(min(data))
data.remove(max(data))

sum = 0
for nums in range(0, len(data)):
sum = sum + data[nums]

print(sum)

Answer 4

Thank you @visph!
I tried that before, but I must have made some silly mistake. :)
Take care!