How can I remove an element from a list?

Question

I have a list and I want to remove a single element from it. How can I do this?

I\'ve tried looking up what I think the obvious names for this function would be in

Answer 1

Here is how the remove the last element of a list in R:

x <- list("a", "b", "c", "d", "e")
x[length(x)] <- NULL

If x might be a vector then you would need to create a new object:

x <- c("a", "b", "c", "d", "e")
x <- x[-length(x)]

• Work for lists and vectors