Shift list elements to the right and shift list element at the end to the beginning

Question

I want to rotate elements in a list, e.g. - shift the list elements to the right so [\'a\',\'b\',\'c\',\'d\'] would become [\'d\',\'a\',\'b\',\'c\'], o

Answer 1

You can just slice the last element off the list, then add it to the beginning of a new list:

aList = [aList[-1]] + aList[:-1]

Here is the result:

>>> aList = [1,2,3]
>>> aList = [aList[-1]] + aList[:-1]
>>> aList
[3, 1, 2]