---
title: List head
type: snippet
tags: [list]
cover: purple-laptop
dateModified: 2020-09-15T16:13:06+03:00
---

Returns the head of a list.

- Use `lst[0]` to return the first element of the passed list.

```py
def head(lst):
  return lst[0]
```

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