remove an element from the end of an array in python

To remove an element from the end of a Python list, you can use the pop() method with no arguments. This method will remove and return the last element of the list. Here's an example:

main.py
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
last_element = my_list.pop()
print(last_element)  # Output: 5
print(my_list)  # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4]
127 chars
5 lines

Alternatively, you can use negative indexing to access the last element of the list and then remove it using the del statement. Here's an example:

main.py
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
del my_list[-1]
print(my_list)  # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4]
81 chars
4 lines

Both of these methods will remove the last element of the list, but the pop() method also returns it while the del statement does not.

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