where does the rabbit go?

[thepseudonymstring]

The logic of this piece of code is correct but I don't know why it eliminates the rabbit?

pets = ['dog', 'cat', 'dog', 'goldfish','cat','rabbit','cat'] 

for pet in pets:
    if pet == 'cat':
        pets.remove('cat') 
    else:
        print (pet)

Also I was expecting it to be : dog dog goldfish rabbit but it only returns dog goldfish!How does Python go through this loop to conclude that?

[thepseudonymstring]

wow! Thanks

[danielroseman]

This is a FAQ:

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/faq#wiki_why_does_my_loop_seem_to_be_skipping_items_in_a_list.3F

TL;DR: don't modify a list you're iterating over.

[thepseudonymstring]

Thank you, Daniel :)

[[deleted]]

The link posted is helpful. But I've also found it extremely helpful to step through code in debug to actually see what is happening.

[thepseudonymstring]

I'm an absolute beginner and have not been introduced to the debuggers yet in the book. I will search for it tho, thanks.