attributeerror: 'list' object has no attribute 'clear'

Question

Problem:

Hello all,

I have started learning python recently. I installed python 3.2 on my Linux machine. I come to know about a function .clear() that clears the value inside a list. I am trying to clear the values of my list but it’s not working for my case, and returning an error  What could be the reason behind it? Please pull me up you have the legit answer. Thanks.
Find my sample code snippet below

>>> list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
>>> list.clear()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'clear'

 

Answer 1

The reason behind it is very simple. The list.clear() function is compatible with only for python 3.3 and later version. It was introduced in python 3.3 version. To fix the error you may install the latest python version. If you are too lazy to do that you can use del list [ : ] instead.

Thanks