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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices Slice Functions

Posted by Dustin Jasmin
Dustin Jasmin
3,156 Points

Why is this wrong?

I turned the iterables into a list, took the first and last 4, added them together, turned the list into a string, turned the string into an int, then returned the value.

slices.py 
def first_4(something):
    idk = list(something)
    bang = idk[0:4]
    return bang

def first_and_last_4(ladeedaa):
    items = list(ladeedaa)
    first_four_items = items[0:4]
    last_four_items = items[-1:-5:-1]
    new_list = first_four_items + last_four_items
    string_version_of_list = str(new_list)
    values = int(string_version_of_list)
    return values

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're working way to hard! You don't need to do all the conversions, just apply the slice(s) directly to the argument.