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Removing the last element of a list


How to iterate over JSON list and select one elementHow to check if a given string is a substring of an element of a listHow to remove / delete nth element of a listReport duplicates in a list?how to specify an infinite list in lisp?How to sort an association list (alist)?How can I convert a list of integers to a string?How to pop an arbitrary element from a list?How do I rotate list elements?Shortening trees list with (setcdr (nthcdr 2 trees) nil)













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      Is there a simpler way to remove the last element of a list than this?



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          Yes there is:



          (setq list (butlast list))



          That is a function from subr.el. (Loaded by default. No need to load anything.)



          You can also cut a tail with N elements by



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            That is a function from subr.el. (Loaded by default. No need to load anything.)



            You can also cut a tail with N elements by



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              Yes there is:



              (setq list (butlast list))



              That is a function from subr.el. (Loaded by default. No need to load anything.)



              You can also cut a tail with N elements by



              (setq list (butlast list N))






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                Yes there is:



                (setq list (butlast list))



                That is a function from subr.el. (Loaded by default. No need to load anything.)



                You can also cut a tail with N elements by



                (setq list (butlast list N))






                share|improve this answer













                Yes there is:



                (setq list (butlast list))



                That is a function from subr.el. (Loaded by default. No need to load anything.)



                You can also cut a tail with N elements by



                (setq list (butlast list N))







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