Drop list elements from the left Returns a list with n elements removed from the left. Use slice notation to remove the specified number of elements from the left. Omit the last argument, n, to use a default value of 1. def drop(a, n = 1): return a[n:] drop([1, 2, 3]) # [2, 3] drop([1, 2, 3], 2) # [3] drop([1, 2, 3], 42) # []