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SassMeister-input.scss

// ----
// Sass (v3.3.0.rc.2)
// Compass (v1.0.0.alpha.17)
// ----

@function remove($list, $value, $recursive: false) {
  $result: ();

  @for $i from 1 through length($list) {
    @if type-of(nth($list, $i)) == list and $recursive {
      $result: append($result, remove(nth($list, $i), $value, $recursive));
    }

    @else if nth($list, $i) != $value {
      $result: append($result, nth($list, $i));
    }
  }

  @return $result;
}

$list: 1,2,3,4,5;
$value: 3;

$new-list: remove($list, 2);

/* #{$new-list} */

SassMeister-output.css

/* 1 3 4 5 */