I don't know how to do reverse_evens function.

Question

def first_4(iterable):
    return iterable[:4]
def firstandlast_4(iterable):
    return iterable[:4] + iterable[-4:]
def odds(iterable):
    return iterable[1::2]
def reverse_evens(iterable):
    return iterable[::-2]
```slices.py
def first_4(iterable):
    return iterable[:4]
def firstandlast_4(iterable):
    return iterable[:4] + iterable[-4:]
def odds(iterable):
    return iterable[1::2]
def reverse_evens(iterable):
    return iterable[::-2]
```

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

Good start!  What you have will already work half of the time (depending on the length of the list).  To make it work for all cases, there's two basic strategies:
- compute the slice "start" value based on the length (actually even/odd-ness) of the list
- take the even indexed items and then reverse them with a separate operation
Either method will work when properly implemented.  Hint: the second method may be a bit easier to do.

Jennifer Nordell · Answer

Hi, @Yusuf Gillani (https://teamtreehouse.com/yusufgillani)!  Looks like you're doing terrific. The last part is a little tricky and your code would work in approximately half of the cases. Namely, it would work when there are an odd number off elements. The example it gives is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and expects back [5, 3, 1] which your code does. However, if we change that to [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], it gives back [6, 4, 2] but those are at the odd indexes.
New plan of attack: first pick every other item and then reverse it.
Hope this helps! :sparkles:
edited for minor correction:

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I don't know how to do reverse_evens function.

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Steven Parker

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Jennifer Nordell

Jennifer Nordell

Steven Parker

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Jennifer Nordell

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Samuel Blowe

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