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deleting few list items inside of dictionary

hi, have dictionary:

phone = {"first":100,"second":200,"third":[10,12,5,38],"fourth":400} 

let' want remove 12 , 5 from "phone" dictionary. there way using "del" function?

i know how this, using .remove()

phone["third"].remove(12) phone["third"].remove(5) 

but wondering if possible using del()? thank you.

edit: replies concentrating on "del uses index, remove uses exact value", redefining question:

i want delete indexes 1 , 2 in list representing third key-value item in "phone" dictionary. how can that?

you have index rather value:

>>> phone = {"first":100,"second":200,"third":[10,12,5,38],"fourth":400} >>> del(phone["third"][1:3]) >>> phone {'second': 200, 'fourth': 400, 'third': [10, 38], 'first': 100} 

this deletes elements in position 1 , 2 in list.