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FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Pointswhat am i dong wrong?
it keeps telling me that: "Task 1 is not passing".
messy_list = [5, 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 0, 9, -1]
# Your code goes below here
clean_list = messy_list[:]
clean_list.sort()
silly_list = [::-4]
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi there,
You want to call the [::-3] (not -4) on messy_list and assign that to silly_list. Something like:
clean_list = messy_list[:]
clean_list.sort()
silly_list = messy_list[::-3]
I hope that helps,
Steve.
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Pointsthanks alot Steve
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsNo problem!
