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## Overview 

The **`takeLast` method** gets the last `n` elements of the current `List` as a new `List`.

## Syntax 
```kotlin
fun <T> List<T>.takeLast(n: Int): List<T>
```

## Arguments
 This method takes a positive integer value as an argument. This denotes the number of elements that should be taken from the end of the `List`. We will get `IllegalArgumentException` if the argument is negative.

## Return value
 This method returns a new `List` containing the last `n` elements of the `List`.

## Code 

The code below demonstrates the use of the `takeLast` method in Kotlin:

fun main() {

  //create another list with elements
  val list = listOf(1,2,3,4,5)
  println("\nlist.takeLast(2) : ${list.takeLast(2)}")
  println("\nlist.takeLast(3) : ${list.takeLast(3)}")
  println("\nlist.takeLast(4) : ${list.takeLast(4)}")

}

## Code explanation 



- **Line 4:** We create a list named `list` using the `listOf` method. The `list` will have five elements— `1,2,3,4,5`.

*  **Line 5:** We use the `takeLast` method with `2` as an argument. The `takeLast` method returns a new `List` containing the last two elements [4,5] of the `list` object.

- **Line 6:** We use the `takeLast` method with `3` as an argument. The `takeLast` method returns a new `List` containing the last three elements [3,4,5] of the `list` object.

*  **Line 7:** We used the `takeLast` method with `4` as an argument. The `takeLast` method returns a new `List` containing the last four elements [2,3,4,5] of the `list` object.

How to use the takeLast method of list in Kotlin

Use `takeLast(n)` to get the last n elements of a List in Kotlin, requiring positive integers.