---
title: List tail
tags: list
expertise: beginner
firstSeen: 2019-08-20T14:08:52+03:00
lastUpdated: 2020-11-02T19:28:35+02:00
---

Returns all elements in a list except for the first one.

- Use slice notation to return the last element if the list's length is more than `1`.
- Otherwise, return the whole list.

```py
def tail(lst):
  return lst[1:] if len(lst) > 1 else lst
```

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