# The pop function, without an input, defaults to removing
# and returning the last item in a list.
myList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
myList.pop()
print(myList)
# You can also do this without returning the last item, but it is
# much more complicated.
myList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
myList.remove(myList[len(myList)-1])
print(myList)