---
title: Last list element
type: snippet
language: python
tags: [list]
cover: lake-runner
dateModified: 2020-11-02T19:28:05+02:00
---

Returns the last element in a list.

- Use `lst[-1]` to return the last element of the passed list.

```py
def last(lst):
  return lst[-1]
```

```py
last([1, 2, 3]) # 3
```