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

kushagra jain
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kushagra jain
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Posted by kushagra jain
kushagra jain
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challenge task 1of 4

first_4 problem

slices.py 
def first_4(first):
    first[0:4]
    return first

2 Answers

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Hi Kushagra! You almost have it! When you sliced the iterable, you didn't assign it to a variable before returning so, you can either assign the slice to a variable and then return the variable or return the slice like so:

def first_4(iterable):
    a_variable = iterable[0:4]
    return a_variable

def first_4(iterable):
    return iterable[0:4]

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions :)