🔒 .pop() not working like i thought

[mystic wedge]

I am new to coding and am working with lists. One of the prompts is asking me to use the .pop() method to remove names from my list. Whenever i use the pop method though, it is not removing the last name on the list (Aragorn) which was appended. It is instead removing the name (Pippin) which is right before Aragorn in the list. I am not sure what i did wrong for this to happen.

[lyric frigate]

@mystic wedge

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[late jewel]

send code as text please

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[mystic wedge]

guests = ['Boromir', 'Merry', 'Pippin']
invite = 'please come to dinner.'

print(f"{guests[0]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[1]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[2]}, {invite}")

print(f'\nSorry, {guests[0]} cannot make it to dinner.')
#boromir couldnt make it, replace with frodo
guests[0] = 'Frodo'

print('\nWe found a bigger table and are able to invite more guests.')

guests.insert(0, 'Sam')
guests.insert(2, 'Gimli')
guests.append('Aragorn')

print(f"\n{guests[0]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[1]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[2]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[3]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[4]}, {invite}")
print(f"{guests[-1]}, {invite}")

print('\nThe large table will not be ready in time, only two people can be invited.')

uninvite = 'sorry we could not invite you.'

guests.pop()
popped_guests = guests.pop()
print(f"\n{popped_guests}, {uninvite}")

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[late jewel]

you call pop twice

but you only store the value once

it's removing the name 'Pippin' when you pop it the first time and you never do anything with that value so it falls into the void

[mystic wedge]

oh i see, let me try to fix that.

that worked, thank you so much!

[molten parrot]

printing the list on console each time you do something on the list can help you in debugging

[mystic wedge]

oh ok, i will try that next time! Thanks for the tip!

!close

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