Which list method is specifically used to retrieve and remove the last element?

The method that retrieves and removes the last element from a list is known as the pop() method. When invoked without any arguments, pop() will default to removing and returning the last item from the list. This behavior is particularly useful when you need to manage a collection of items and frequently require access to the most recently added element, which is a common use case in stack-like structures.

The remove() method, on the other hand, requires that you specify the value of the element you want to remove from the list, which differentiates it from pop(). This means it does not specifically target the last element but rather any specific value found in the list.

The del statement can be used to delete elements from a list by index, but it does not return the value of the element as pop() does. If you were to use del to remove the last element, you'd need to know the index (which you would obtain using len(list) - 1).

Lastly, last() is not a standard method in Python's list class and thus does not pertain to list operations.

Using pop() is advantageous when you want to efficiently retrieve and remove the last element, making it a