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George Lugo
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 922 Pointsi don't understand why my code is wrong
first_4 = ['john', 'calli', 'smith', 'michael','kelsey', 'cramer', ' george'] first_4[:5]
first_4 = ['john', 'calli', 'smith', 'michael','kelsey', 'cramer', ' george']
first_4[:5]
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsThe challenge asks you to define a function. It should include a return statement. Something of the format:
def first_4(container):
return <your slide code here>
Post back if still stuck. Good luck!!!
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points[:5] actually selects the first 5 elements, not 4:
Element 0, element 1, element 2, element 3 and element 4.
Which part of the challenge are you trying to answer? Even if you change the slice to [:4] instead of [:5] it doesn't look like you are storing the result anywhere.