#!/usr/bin/python3 list = ['1', '2','2','4', '5','1','6','2', '6'] def clean_up_board(l): playable_board = [ ] for e in l: num_of_occ = l.count(e) if num_of_occ % 2 == 0: playable_board.append(e) return playable_board print(clean_up_board(list))
Output:['1', '1', '6', '6']