<s>[INST] How do I remove the first Item from a Python list? 
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I have the list [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] I'd like to make it into [1, 2, 3, 4]. How do I go about this? 
 [/INST] Python List
list.pop(index)
>>> l = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> l.pop(0)
0
>>> l
[1, 2, 3, 4]

del list[index]
>>> l = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> del l[0]
>>> l
[1, 2, 3, 4]

These both modify your original list.
Others have suggested using slicing:

Copies the list
Can return a subset

Also, if you are performing many pop(0), you should look at collections.deque
from collections import deque
>>> l = deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
>>> l.popleft()
0
>>> l
deque([1, 2, 3, 4])


Provides higher performance popping from left end of the list

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