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MUZ140057 Dumisani Nyamusa
8,029 Pointsslices
make a function named odds that accept an iterable as an argument and returns the items with an odd index in the iterable.
im stuck guyz
def first_4(iterable):
return iterable[0:4]
first_4([66, 333, 222, 1, 1234])
5 Answers
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 PointsOk, what you want to do is to make the slice start at 1, since it's the first odd number:
def odds(iterable):
return iterable[1: #Starting at position 1
You want it to run to the end, so you don't add a stop:
def odds(iterable):
return iterable[1:: #No stoping until the end of the list
You want to take two steps every time, so:
def odds(iterable):
return iterable[1::2] #Step is two, so we get 1, 3, 5, 7 etc.
Should do it.
Volodymyr Loburak
Courses Plus Student 649 Pointsit is work for me
def first_4(iterable):
return iterable[0:4]+ iterable[45:50]
def odds(iterable):
return iterable[1::2]
job asfaw
4,729 Pointsdef odds(iterable): return iterable[1::2] this works if the list starts from 0 but this was not stated in the problem
Sayan Mukherjee
1,033 PointsMy code is this, but still I'm getting error : Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing. def first_4(list1): return list1[:4]
def odds[list2]: return list2[1::2]
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Pointssome_iterable[(start position inclusive):(end position exclusive):(step length, i.e. 1 takes every number, 2 takes every second number etc.)]
MUZ140057 Dumisani Nyamusa
8,029 Pointswhere is odds
MUZ140057 Dumisani Nyamusa
8,029 Pointsdef odds (iterable): return iterable [0:1]
its failing to work guys, how have you go about it.