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Aman Kumaran
2,314 Pointscan someone tell me whats wrong with this code?
i know the code is wrong but still
def first_4(iterable):
iterable=[1,2,3,4,5]
iterable[:4]
return iterable
3 Answers
Ricky Catron
13,023 PointsWell first your last two lines are not indented so they are not within the function.
def test():
#i am in the function
#i am not
Your slice will return the first four elements but you are not doing anything with that. You should save it to a variable or simply return it.
def first_4(iterable):
iterable=[1,2,3,4,5]
first_4_items = iterable[:4]
return first_4_items
Goodluck! --Ricky
Calistus Oledibe
176 PointsCorrect the identation(s). i.e the last two lines must start at the same line as "iterable=[1,2,3,4,5]" .
Aman Kumaran
2,314 PointsGot it now, thanks :)