
To print a list without its first element, you can pass the result of slicing expression my_list[1:]
into the print()
function. This slices from the second list element to the last one. Note that the start
index in the slicing notation [start:stop]
is included in the output of the slicing operation. If the stop index is not provided like here, it means “slice all the way to the end”.
Here’s a simple example that prints the list without the first element 'Alice'
using slicing:
lst = ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carl', 'Dave'] print(lst[1:]) # ['Bob', 'Carl', 'Dave']
Note that this approach even works if the list is empty, so it doesn’t have a first element:
lst = [] print(lst[1:]) # []
Beautiful, isn’t it? β€οΈ
π‘ Recommended Tutorial: An Introduction to Python Slicing
I strongly believe this slicing approach print(my_list[1:])
is the most Pythonic, most concise, and most efficient way to solve this problem so I won’t provide any additional methods that would only be inferior.
On other websites, I have seen approaches like removing the first element from the list using pop()
and printing it afterward. But this is not a great way to solve the problem because it has side effects. Also, it’s less efficient.
π Related Tutorials: ‡οΈ
- Python Print List Without First Element
- Python Print List Without Last Element
- Python Print List Without First and Last Elements
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