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Saloni Gandhi
1,531 Pointsslices.py
def first_4(new):
new2=new[0:4]
return new2
def odds(sample):
new3= sample[::-2]
new3.reverse()
return new3
it works perfectly when i tried it in the terminal but it gives me an error
[MOD: added ```python markdown formatting -cf]
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYou had some indention errors in odds, plus the indexing was off. Here is your corrected code:
def first_4(new):
new2=new[0:4]
return new2
def odds(sample):
new3= sample[1::2]
#new3.reverse()
return new3
Not all iterables (such as strings) have a reverse() method. Your original odds would throw an error if a string was passed as an argument.