Idiom #29 Remove item from list, by its index
Remove i-th item from list items.
This will alter the original list or return a new list, depending on which is more idiomatic.
Note that in most languages, the smallest valid value for i is 0.
(defun remove-item-by-index (index items)
"Construct a fresh list which is a copy of ITEMS (a list) excluding the item at INDEX."
(loop for item in items
as i from 0
unless (= index i) collect item))
Lisp lists are indexed from 0. Within the LOOP, ITEM is the current item, I is the index of that item, and the two are stepped in parallel.