FAQ: Code Challenge: Lists - Larger List

This community-built FAQ covers the “Larger List” exercise from the lesson “Code Challenge: Lists”.

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Hello there,

I got to this, anyone have any better/different ways?

def larger_list(lst1, lst2):
  if len(lst2) > len(lst1):
    return lst2[-1]
  else:
    return lst1[-1]