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

arielp
arielp
3,065 Points
Posted by arielp
arielp
3,065 Points

first_and_last_4

can't figure it out why it isn't happy with this code? 

def first_and_last_4(num):
     f4 = num[:4]
     l4 = num[-4:]
     return f4 + l4

thanks in advance!

2 Answers

Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
2,537 Points

Hey Ariel, I'm not an expert at Python, but it seems to be pretty picky about the spacing of your functions. Changing the indentations to line up seemed to make the argument pass the challenge without changing anything else.

Before:

def first_and_last_4(num):
     f4 = num[:4]
     l4 = num[-4:]
     return f4 + l4

After:

def first_and_last_4(num):
    f4 = num[:4]
    l4 = num[-4:]
    return f4 + l4
arielp
arielp
3,065 Points
arielp
arielp
3,065 Points

I'll try that many thanks

arielp
arielp
3,065 Points
arielp
arielp
3,065 Points

still no success I can't see why it's frustrating... I feel happy with what I did so I'm gonna leave it... many thanks anyway.