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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: >>> a = range(10) >>> a [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …

Skipping every other element after the first Question: I have the general idea of how to do this in Java, but I am learning Python and not sure how to do it. I need to implement a function that returns a list containing every other element of the list, starting with the first element. Thus …