How to get first N items from a list in Python

Hello Python learner, you are here to learn how to get first n items from a list in Python. So, we will show you an easy way to fetch first n number of items from a list in Python with some easy examples. I hope this is going to be helpful to you.

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Sometimes it really becomes important for us to get the first specific number of items from a list in Python. So I am here to provide a code snippet to help you out.

Get first N items from a list in Python

To give you a better understand, I will create a list first with some elements in it.

my_list = ['How','When','What','Where','CodeSpeedy','Python']

Now we will get the first 4 elements from this list

my_list = ['How','When','What','Where','CodeSpeedy','Python']
print(my_list[:4])

Output:

['How', 'When', 'What', 'Where']

Fetch first N items from a list in Python using loop

Now here’s another technique that you can use to get the first n items from a list in Python.

Take a look at this below code snippet:

my_list = ['How','When','What','Where','CodeSpeedy','Python']

for y in range(4):
    print(my_list[y])

It will print the first 4 items from the list. But this will not be printed as a list. This will be printed like this:

How
When
What
Where

Process finished with exit code 0

I hope you have got my point. So use any of those depending on your requirement.