How to access the final item in a list?(python)

Question

How do you access the final item in a list without knowing how many items are in that list?

for example:

list_items = [0,0,0,0,....... ,2]
print (the last item in the list)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/930397/how-to-get-the-last-element-of-a-list — madflow, Apr 01 '14 at 18:18

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '14 at 18:16

4

I think you just mean the last index, [-1] returns the last element:

>>> print(list_items[-1])
2

Indices from the end towards the start are accessed with negative integers.

answered Apr 01 '14 at 18:16

anon582847382

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '14 at 17:51

1

Use:

list_items[-1]

to access the last element.

edited Nov 01 '14 at 17:51

anon582847382

answered Apr 01 '14 at 18:17

venpa

2 Answers2