messy_list = ["a", 2, 3, 1, False, [1, 2, 3], 2] item = messy_list.pop(3) messy_list.insert(0,item) for idx,item in enumerate(messy_list): print("\nLoop #{}".format(idx)) try: print("Item -1: {}".format(messy_list[idx-1], item,messy_list[idx+1])) except IndexError: pass try: print("Item +0: {}".format(item)) except IndexError: pass try: print("Item +1: {}".format(messy_list[idx+1])) except IndexError: pass if type(item) is not int: messy_list.remove(item) print (messy_list)