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Mathematica > Core Language > Expressions > Parts of Expressions >

Built-in Mathematica Symbol

Rest

Rest[expr]
gives expr with the first element removed.

The head need not be List:

Rest works on SparseArray objects:

Nest the operation of finding the rest of a list:

Rest[expr] is equivalent to Drop[expr, 1].

The expression is evaluated before Rest is applied:

Rest always operates on the FullForm of expressions: