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

Mimon Copitman
Mimon Copitman
1,242 Points

guys i cant figure it out on the terminal the result is fine, but i can't pass the challenge

guys i cant figure it out on the terminal the result is fine, but i can't pass the challenge

slices.py
def first_4(li):
    return li[0:4]

def first_and_last_4(li):
    return li[:4] + li[-4:len(li):1]

def odds(item):
    return item[1::2]

def reverse_evens(iterable):
    return iterable[-1::-2]

2 Answers

But if the last index is odd? You have to use an if statement.

Mimon Copitman
Mimon Copitman
1,242 Points

no, i found the answer is return iterable[::2][::-1]

this goes too:

def reverse_evens(h):
    if h[-1]%2 != 0:
        print(h[::-2])
    else:
        print(h[-2::-2])

nice though

Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Great work! This one requires a bit of reasoning about slices that a lot of people don't get right away. Good job working through it.