Getting Second-to-Last Element in List

Question

I am able to get the second-to-last element of a list with the following:

>>> lst = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
>>> print(lst[len(lst)-2])
e

Is there a better way than using print(lst[len(lst)-2]) to achieve this same result?

And yes, it is a duplicate; note how the top/accepted answer gives an example for the second to last element as well. — TigerhawkT3, Oct 03 '16 at 19:26

score 106 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '16 at 19:21

106

There is: negative indices:

lst[-2]

answered Oct 03 '16 at 19:21

Scott Hunter

3

Even with the knowledge of `-1` I didn't think to subtract more... thank you! I will accept when the time limit is over. – Stephen B Oct 03 '16 at 19:22

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