Pop an Element and Report Both Parts

Easy ⏱ 8 min 86% acceptance ★★★★★ 4.6

Write pop_at(items, index) that removes and returns the element at index using .pop(), then returns a tuple (popped_value, remaining_list). Assume index is always valid.

Examples

Example 1

Input

items = [5, 10, 15, 20], index = 1

Output

(10, [5, 15, 20])

Explanation

.pop(1) removes and returns 10, leaving the rest.

Constraints

1 <= len(items) <= 10^4

Topics

ListsMutation

Companies

OracleDeloitte

Hints

Hint 1

list.pop(index) both removes and returns the value.

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