Trouble with removing items from list

Question

I'm having trouble getting this function to work. The purpose of it is to delete items from a list.

def sell(inventory_list):
    print()
    count = int(input('How many items would you like to sell? '))
    print()

    for count in range(count):
        print()
        type = input('Enter the type of item you wish to sell? ')
        print()
        name = input('Enter the name of the item you wish to sell? ')
        print()
        price = float(input('What is the price of the item you wish to sell? $'))

        items = Plant.SubPlant(type, name, price)

        inventory_list.remove(items)

    return inventory_list

Answer 1

Your inventory list doesn't have the new instance you are trying to remove. Just because it contains the same atrrs/values does not mean they are the same.

To be able to do this perhaps implement method __eq__ in your SubPlant class:

class SubPlant(object):
    def __init__(self, type, name, price):
        self.type = type
        self.name = name
        self.price = price

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__