Last List Element

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Introduction

In Python, a list is a collection of items that are ordered and changeable. Sometimes, we need to access the last element of a list. In this challenge, you will write a function that returns the last element of a list.

Last List Element

Write a function called last(lst) that takes a list as an argument and returns the last element of the list.

def last(lst):
  return lst[-1]
last([1, 2, 3]) ## 3

Summary

In this challenge, you learned how to write a function that returns the last element of a list. You can use the index -1 to access the last element of a list.