30-seconds-of-code/snippets/python/s/initial.md

title, type, language, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	language	tags	cover	dateModified
List without last element	snippet	python	list	pop-of-green	2020-11-02T19:28:05+02:00

Returns all the elements of a list except the last one.

• Use lst[:-1] to return all but the last element of the list.

def initial(lst):
  return lst[:-1]

initial([1, 2, 3]) # [1, 2]