get list item by index python code example

Example 1: get index from element in list python

list.index(element)

Example 2: python get element from list

my_list = ["pizza", "soda", "muffins"]

my_list[0] # outputs "pizza"
my_list[-1] # outputs the last element of the list which is "muffins"
my_list[:] # outputs the whole list
my_list[:-1] # outputs the whole list except its last element

# you can also access a string's letter like this

Example 3: get an item out of a list python

#to get the LAST item out of a list:
things = ["apple", "book", 3, ["another list", 85], "orange"]
last = things.pop()
print(last)
#it should output "orange"

Example 4: how to find index of list of list in python

[(i, colour.index(c))
 for i, colour in enumerate(colours)
 if c in colour]

Example 5: python get element by index

# To return the index of the first occurence of element x in lst
ind = lst.index(x)