Removing an object from a list in Python

[nimzov]

In Python, I have contructed a list where members of the list are objects.

Now I want to remove a single object from this list.

I can't get a reference to that object.

Here is an example:

class  Student(object): # Student object
.......name = ''

.......def __init__(self,  name):   # Constructor
...............self.name    = name

class  Students(object): # Students object (a list of Student)

.......listOfStudent = []

.......def  __init__(self, list):  # Constructor
...............for s in  list:
.....................st = Student(s)  # Construct a Student  object
.....................self.listOfStudent.append(st) # Append to listOfStudent

.......def  removeStudent(self,  aStudent):
...............self.listOfStudent.remove(aStudent)

If I do the following:

s = Students(['Harry', 'Phil', 'Linda'])
p = Student('Phil')
s.removeStudent(p)

It does not work I get the error message: "list.remove(x). x not in list".

The problem seems to arises because the object I construct to put in the list is a different object (even if identical) from the object I construct to remove from the list. So I need a reference to the object already constructed in the list not a reference to an identical object.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[nimzov]

Ok I got an answer on a Python forum.