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sidni ahmed
3,329 PointsMake a function named first_4 that accepts an iterable as an argument and returns the first 4 items in the iterable.
what do i do here?
2 Answers
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,723 PointsHey Sidni,
The question is asking that you take an iterable (i.e. a python list ) and extract the first four items; you will want to use a slice method witch looks something like this: list[start:end], where the list is the iterable and the start is where you want to begin extracting items and the end is where you want to end extracting. Here's an example using a string: "hello world"[6:11] would return 'world'. Here's a link to more information in the python documentation: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/introduction.html#lists
best, Clayton
sidni ahmed
3,329 Pointsthanks alot. I really love the treehouse community. Everyone is so helpful. this is the code i did:
def first_4(list): return list[0:4]
now i am hoping i can get past the other two steps
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,723 PointsGlad I could help. Good look with the rest of the challenges!