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How to add element in Python to the end of list using list.insert?


There is a list, for example,

a=[1,2,3,4]

I can use

a.append(some_value)

to add element at the end of list, and

a.insert(exact_position, some_value)

to insert element on any other position in list but not at the end as

a.insert(-1, 5)

will return [1,2,3,5,4]. So how to add an element to the end of list using list.insert(position, value)?


Solution

  • You'll have to pass the new ordinal position to insert using len in this case:

    In [62]:
    
    a=[1,2,3,4]
    a.insert(len(a),5)
    a
    Out[62]:
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]