What is the best way to get the last element of a list in python?

Question

I found many different ways of getting the last element from a list in python

alist[-1]

alist[len(alist) -1]

Which is the way you would do this?

Answer 1

someList[-1] is the shortest and most Pythonic. Why complicate things by adding an unnecessary function call in there?

Answer 2

You can also do:

alist.pop()

It depends on what you want to do with your list because the pop() method will delete the last element.

Answer 3

For guidance on issues such as this one, type this at the python prompt:

import this