How to remove an element from a list by index

Question

How do I remove an element from a list by index in Python?

I found the list.remove method, but say I want to remove the last element, how do I do this?

Answer 1

You probably want pop:

a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
a.pop(1)

# now a is ['a', 'c', 'd']

By default, pop without any arguments removes the last item:

a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
a.pop()

# now a is ['a', 'b', 'c']