Python: Remove the first item from a specified list

Python Basic: Exercise-112 with Solution

Write a Python program to remove the first item from a specified list.

Sample Solution-1:

Python Code:

color = ["Red", "Black", "Green", "White", "Orange"]
print("Original list elements:")
print(color)
del color[0]
print("After removing the first color:")
print(color)

Sample Output:

Original list elements:
['Red', 'Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']
After removing the first color:
['Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

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Sample Solution-2:

Python Code:

color = ["Red", "Black", "Green", "White", "Orange"]
print("Original list elements:")
print(color)
print("\nAfter removing the first element from the said list:")
new_color = color[1:]
print(new_color)

Sample Output:

Original list elements:
['Red', 'Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

After removing the first element from the said list:
['Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

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Sample Solution-3:

Python Code:

color = ["Red", "Black", "Green", "White", "Orange"]
print("Original list elements:")
print(color)
print("\nAfter removing the first element from the said list:")
color.remove("Red")
print(color)

Sample Output:

Original list elements:
['Red', 'Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

After removing the first element from the said list:
['Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

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Sample Solution-4:

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

Python Code:

def tail(lst):
  return lst[1:] if len(lst) > 1 else lst
print(tail([1, 2, 3, 4]))
print(tail([1]))
print(tail(["Red", "Black", "Green", "White", "Orange"]))

Sample Output:

[2, 3, 4]
[1]
['Black', 'Green', 'White', 'Orange']

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