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Enzie Riddle
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 19,278 PointsSlices
Here's the question: Alright, these tasks are a bit harder than the others so far in this course but I know you can do them! In this first one, create a function named first_4 that returns the first four items from whatever iterable is given to it.
I am quite lost. What am I doing wrong? Please explain in a way that is easy to understand: I am new at this!
iter = input("List at least four items")
first_4 = return iter[0:4]
2 Answers
Jon Mirow
9,864 PointsYour slice technique is spot on, it's just the function part.
create a function named first_4 that returns the first four items from whatever iterable is given to it.
remember that we define a function like thus:
def a_function(a, b):
return a + b
Katherine Pawlak
12,609 PointsUse the function formatting as the previous post suggests:
def first_4(iterable):
return iterable[:4]