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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Slices Back and Forth

Posted by Duc Kevin Nguyen
Duc Kevin Nguyen
1,566 Points

why this doesn't work??

i think it's right, but it's no. how ?

slices.py 
favorite_things = ['raindrops on roses', 'whiskers on kittens', 'bright copper kettles',
                   'warm woolen mittens', 'bright paper packages tied up with string',]
slice1 = favorite_things[1:4]
slice2 = favorite_things[5:]
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Phil Baker — you should post this as an answer instead of a comment, so can can receive votes ans possibly a "best answer" from Duc. If I were a moderator, I would promote it to an answer for you.

2 Answers

Phil Baker
Phil Baker
27,352 Points
Phil Baker
Phil Baker
27,352 Points

looking at that I think your code is correct but favorite_things is missing a couple of items:

favorite_things = ['raindrops on roses', 'whiskers on kittens', 'bright copper kettles',
                   'warm woolen mittens', 'bright paper packages tied up with string',
                   'cream colored ponies', 'crisp apple strudels']

slice1 = favorite_things[1:4]
slice2 = favorite_things[5:]
Mark Chesney
Mark Chesney
11,747 Points
Mark Chesney
Mark Chesney
11,747 Points

Hi Duc Kevin Nguyen,

Looks like you're on the task 2 of 3.

Task 2 asks for the last 2 elements of the list. If I want to store the last five elements, I put a negative value before the colon (:) symbol. Example:

last_five = favorite_things[-5:]

In this example there are few enough to count, but if you needed the last 440 entries of a list that's very long, you can do this: list_xyz[-440:]

Hope this helps!