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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices Slice Functions

Posted by Jalen Wize
Jalen Wize
Courses Plus Student 2,559 Points

First 4 and last 4 values of an iterable, what output am I looking for?

I may be missing what output the question is looking for. I also tried ' '.join(a) to put first 4 and last four as one value. Thanks!

slices.py 
def first_4(item):
    item_list = list(item)
    copy_item_list = item_list[:]

    return copy_item_list[:4]

def first_and_last_4(item):
    item_list = list(item)
    copy_item_list = item_list[:]

    first_4 = copy_item_list[:4]
    last_4 = copy_item_lsit[-4:]

    a = first_4.extend(last_4)

    return a
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

I got first_and_last_4 to pass by returning a list made of the first 4 and last 4.

Did not use join to return them as a string.

Jalen Wize
Jalen Wize
Courses Plus Student 2,559 Points

Okay cool that is the way I'm doing it above. Do you see anything in my code I'm missing?

Jalen Wize
Jalen Wize
Courses Plus Student 2,559 Points

Thank you... always the little things. I also discovered in going through the forums that I was over complicating this. Thanks for the help!

Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

One thing that has helped with code challenges is to try to make test to run with my code. Sometimes it'd take some time to figure out what they're testing for but I think in the end it's worth it.

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

You have a typo in spelling list here

last_4 = copy_item_lsit[-4:]