Re: return the last item in a list
Raymond Hettinger wrote: I'm looking for an 'easy' way to have the last item in a list returned. Try mylist.pop() or mylist[-1]. Note that list.pop also removes the last element from the list in the process. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Granted that I must die, how shall I live? -- Michael Novak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: return the last item in a list
[David Bear] > I'm looking for an 'easy' way to have the last item in a list returned. Try mylist.pop() or mylist[-1]. Raymond Hettinger -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: return the last item in a list
On 30 Mar 2005 10:48:17 -0700, rumours say that David Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >I've googled for the above and get way too many hits.. > >I'm looking for an 'easy' way to have the last item in a list returned. > >I've thought about > >list[len(list)-1] > >but thought there would be a more gracefull way. There is. alist[-1] Did you read the tutorial? This is referenced in "3. An Informal Introduction to Python". -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
return the last item in a list
I've googled for the above and get way too many hits.. I'm looking for an 'easy' way to have the last item in a list returned. I've thought about list[len(list)-1] but thought there would be a more gracefull way. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
