del x[n] not working

Question

I have a list and I am trying to remove the first item in it

I have tried to use this code, but it doesn't do anything

del rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9].split()[0]

for context

rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9].split() 

finds an item in a list which is a string then splits the string into a list, this string is

Skyfall Skyfall DarkKnight DieHard  CaptainAmerica Deadpool TheMatrix CaptainAmerica TheMatrix  CaptainAmerica TheBourneIdentity

Answer 1

You can use pop() or index it out with slicing like this:

rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9] = " ".join(rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9].split().pop())

or

rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9] = " ".join(rows[rows.index(userInfo)][9].split()[1:])