The **``list.pop()`` method** is one of the many ``list`` methods in Python. 

In Python, the ``list.pop()`` method is simply used to remove or return an item from a list, or to pop out the item value using its index position in the given list. 

#    
#  Syntax
```
list.pop(index)
```
##   
## Parameter value
Parameter| Description|
|:---|---:|
index(optional)| When the index is given, the item of the given index is removed from the list. When the index is not given, then the last item of the list is removed.

## Example 1
Let's remove an element of a list of even numbers up to ten.



even_numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

# now lets pop out or remove the zero index of the list
even_numbers.pop(0)
print(even_numbers)


## Explanation
* Line 1: We defined a list of even numbers up to ten and we named it ``even_numbers``.
* Line 4: We used the ``.pop(index)`` to remove the zero index of the list, which is the number **2**, by using ``even_numbers.pop(0)``.
* Line 5: We returned the output of the new list.


## Example 2
Now, let's `pop` out the value of an item from a list of countries, using the index of the item.

countries = ['Almenia', 'Jamaica', 'United kingdom', 'Congo']

# now lets pop out the country in the 2nd index of the list
new_country = countries.pop(2)
print(new_country)

## Explanation
* Line 1: We created a list of countries and we named it ``countries``.
* Line 4: We used the ``.pop(index)`` method to pop out the value of the item in the 2nd index of the list using ``countries.pop(2)`` and assigning the output to a new variable we named ``new_country``.
* Line 5: We returned the output of the new variable``new_country``.

>When the index parameter is not passed, the last item of the list is removed.
## Code


countries = ['Almenia', 'Jamaica', 'United kingdom', 'Congo']

# now lets use the list.pop() method without an index value
countries.pop()
print(countries)



We can see from the code above that the last item  in the list was removed using the ``list.pop()`` method without the index. 

What are different examples of the list pop() method in Python?

The list.pop() method in Python removes or returns an item by its index or the last item if no index is specified.