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Ceil-Ian Maralit
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 19,434 PointsWhat is wrong with this?
Hi! Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code? The last function: It's supposed to return all the items on the list with an even index. I tried passing the list given by this challenge and I got it right.
Thank you in advance!
def first_4(items):
return items[:4]
def first_and_last_4(items):
first_four = items[:4]
last_four = items[-4:]
new_items = first_four + last_four
return new_items
def odds(item):
return item[1::2]
def reverse_evens(item):
return item[::-2]
1 Answer
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 PointsHi Ceil-Ian,
The example list in the challenge is just that, an example, of the various lists that the challenge is testing your functions with.
Behind the scenes the challenge is trying other lists, so you need to also try other lists when testing your code to make sure that it behaves the way that you think it does.
Your code does exactly what you expect for [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. What do you expect your function to output when you try giving it [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. What do you actually get?
Hope that points you in the right direction.
Cheers
Alex