pop list method python code example

Example 1: python pop element

my_list = [123, 'Add', 'Grepper', 'Answer']
my_list.pop()
-->[123, 'Add', 'Grepper'] #last element is removed

my_list = [123, 'Add', 'Grepper', 'Answer']
my_list.pop(0)
-->['Add', 'Grepper', 'Answer'] #first element is removed

my_list = [123, 'Add', 'Grepper', 'Answer']
any_index_of_the_list = 2
my_list.pop(any_index_of_the_list)
-->[123, 'Add', 'Answer'] #element at index 2 is removed 
						  #(first element is 0)

Example 2: python pop

# Python list method pop() removes
# and returns last object or obj from the list.
# .pop() last element .pop(0) first element

my_list = [123, 'Add', 'Grepper', 'Answer'];
print "Pop default: ", my_list.pop()
> Pop default:  Answer
# List updated to [123, 'Add', 'Grepper']
print "Pop index: ", my_list.pop(1)
> Pop index: Add
# List updated to [123, 'Grepper']

Example 3: pop function python

# programming languages list
languages = ['Python', 'Java', 'C++', 'French', 'C']

# remove and return the 4th item
return_value = languages.pop(3)
print('Return Value:', return_value)

# Updated List
print('Updated List:', languages)

Example 4: python list pop

# removes last element of list unless parameter is given
l1 = [1,2,3,4,5]
print(l1.pop()) # returns [1, 2, 3, 4]
print(l1.pop(2)) # returns [1, 2, 4, 5] removes element at given index