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

Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points
Posted by Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points

hot to return the last 4 and first 4 as a single value?

I have coded the same in my worksheet, but its working. why it is not working in practice session. if my code is incorrect. Then, how to proceed!!

slices.py 
def first_4(name):
    hi=name[0:4]
    return hi

def first_and_last_4(chill):
    ji=chill[0:4]+chill[-1:-5:-1]
    return ji

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Try this:

def first_and_last_4(L):
    return L[:4] + L[-4:]

EDITED