Delete Last Element

List method to delete last element in list as well as all elements

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yo folks, I have an issue with clearing lists. In the current program which I'm coding, I have a method that clears a certain number of lists. This is rather inconvenient since during one part of the program where this method is used, it would be a lot more helpful if it only deleted the last elementfrom the lists. Is there anyway in which I can set index numbers as parameters to my method to solve this problem?  The code for the method def clearLists(self): del self.Ans[:] del self.masses[:] Whenever I want to use this method, I merely write self.ClearLists() and it deletes every element in a list. python  list  methods  element share improve this question edited Dec 2 '11 at 14:59 asked  Dec 2 '11 at 14:52 user1036197 81 1 1 4

2   I don't see the relation between the question title and body. –  fortran  Dec 2 '11 at 14:54 Sorry about that, that was a leftover from an old, unposted question, now fixxxed. –  user1036197  Dec 2 '11 at 14:59 3   If you don't want to clear your lists, why would you call a method called clearLists? –  Wooble  Dec 2 '11 at 15:07 1   Am I the only what that do not understand what are you looking for? –  Tadeck  Dec 2 '11 at 15:52 add a comment

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up vote 35 down vote	you can use lst.pop() or del lst[-1] share improve this answer answered  Dec 2 '11 at 14:54 fortran 35k 12 78 130
	that pop() method rocks, thanks –  armani  Nov 18 '14 at 22:49 pop() removes and returns the item, in case you don't want have a return use del ;) –  flacle  2 days ago add a comment

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To delete the last element of the lists, you could use: def deleteLast(self): if len(self.Ans) > 0: del self.Ans[-1] if len(self.masses) > 0: del self.masses[-1]