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

title, type, language, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	language	tags	cover	dateModified
List tail	snippet	python	list	meteora	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.

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

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