del >>> a=[-1,1,66.25,333,333,1234.5] >>> del a[0] >>> a [1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5] >>> del a[:] >>> a [] >>> del a >>> a Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#135>", line 1, in <module> a NameError: name 'a' is not defined >>>