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Pitrov Secondary
5,121 PointsI do not understand this 4th task.
I think that I misunderstood the Task, cause I think my code is right, but I do not know why it does not accept it. Can you help me with this last step?
def first_4(list):
return list[:4]
def first_and_last_4(list):
items = list[:4]
items += list[-4:]
return items
def odds(list):
return list[1::2]
def reverse_evens(list):
return list[::-2]
2 Answers
Hai Phan
2,442 PointsBecause we never know if the last item in the list given was even or odd index, but you always know the first item in the list is even index(0), so what you need to do is find all even index items just like normal and then reverse them. Also you can done it in one line
def reverse_envens(something):
return something[0::2][-1::-1]
William Daugherty
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 30,935 PointsHi, I just had the same issue, apparently you need the even the list first with a
list[::2]
and then reverse it like
list[-1::-1]
Pitrov Secondary
5,121 PointsPitrov Secondary
5,121 PointsBut if you use 2 brackets like this [] [] then it looks for something in that item? I am confused, if you understood what I meant, can you explain why you can do it in one line?
Hai Phan
2,442 PointsHai Phan
2,442 PointsActually, it just like you use list[::2] first to create an evens_list and then use do evens_list[-1::-1] to reverse them. This code just combines them, and it's not looking for something in that because it's not [][], it is [start:stop:step][start:stop:step] which is return you a slice of a slice.
P/s: I'm also new in this stuff but I've tried and found this thing work!