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Python

Posted by Herman Brummer
Herman Brummer
6,414 Points

First Slice not working [Solved]

testing_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

def reverse_evens(iterable4):
    list = iterable4[::2]
    list = sorted(list)
    return list[::-1]

print (reverse_evens(testing_list))    # EXPECTING 5,3,1 and it works!

The code runs correctly, but the system does not accept this method ?

2 Answers

Herman Brummer
Herman Brummer
6,414 Points

Works once I took out

list = sorted(list)

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points
Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points

Glad to hear it's working, just a reminder that list is a reserved word in python for the list class, so best to avoid using for variable names; I tend to use lst or something_list :)