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Sarah Colby
Courses Plus Student 1,224 PointsReverse_evens isn't working?
I've tried both
def reverse_evens(it):
return (it[::-2])
and
I've tried both
def reverse_evens(it):
return (it[::-2])
and
return (it[-1::-2])
Both work in repl, so why not here?
def first_4(it):
return it[0:4]
def first_and_last_4(it):
return (it[:4] + it[-4:])
def odds(it):
return (it[1::2])
def reverse_evens(it):
return (it[::-2])
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi Sarah,
You're on the right track, but you're not taking into account the length of the list. If it works in the repl, I'm assuming you're just testing with a list that has an odd number of values, but what happens if you have a list that has an even number of values?
Check out this post for the same question. Logan R gives an excellent example and explanation.
The rest looks great
Keep Coding! :)
