Get the First Element of a List in Python

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The first element of a list can be accessed using index 0 or by using the pop() method with an argument of 0 to remove and return the first element. Here are two examples:

Example 1:

fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'kiwi']
first_fruit = fruits[0]
print(first_fruit)

Output:

‘apple’

Example 2:

fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'kiwi']
first_fruit = fruits.pop(0)
print(first_fruit)

Output:

‘apple’