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George Buckhold
447 PointsStuck on code challenge on python basics
Make a new variable, var_two, with "e" at index -2. Remember, negative indexes start at the right side of the iterable.
Can anyone provide the answer and explain it to me? Thank you!
1 Answer
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 PointsPython has reverse index as well. For example:
string = "ABCDE"
#inde: 0 1 2 3 4
#RevInd:-5-4-3-2-1
#So,
#string[4] = string[-1]
#string[3] = string[-2]
#and so on...
It is to remember that forward index starts from 0 whereas backward index starts with -1.
Now lets talk about the question/task
we need variable that has 'e' at index -2.
var_two = "ef"
var_two = "abcef"
are both examples that has 'e' at index -2
Hope this helps.