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Wilfredo Casas
6,174 PointsWhat does this error mean?
I am trying to grab the first half of the list. Everything was going great until this error came by: "TypeError: slice indices must be integers or None or have an index method". Why can't I use the (len(this)/2) as a stop? What should I do instead?
def sillycase(string):
this = (list(string)) print(this) print("".join(this))
print(this[:(len(this)/2)])
2 Answers
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Pointslen(this)/2 # returns a float. e.g 5/2 = 2.5
len(this)//2 #return a int, e.g. 5//2 = 2
Travis Bailey
13,675 PointsIt's likely caused by the math you're doing in your slice resulting in a float. Use the round() function to round the float to the nearest whole number. Slice indices can't be floats.