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Python Python Collections (Retired) Slices Slice Functions

Posted by Zvisinei Nyamweda
Zvisinei Nyamweda
2,646 Points

What's Kaoa

Mr. KenLove im stuck on the kaoa, i dont get wat kaoa is and how it is odd

slices.py 
def first_4(num):
  num = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
  return(num[0:4])

def odds(numodd):
  numodd = list(range(8))
  return(numodd[1::2])
beven nyamande
beven nyamande
9,575 Points 
def first_4(arg):     # the sequence argument
  return arg[:4]      # the slice starts at 0 to 4 less 1, sequences start at 0 :)


def odds(arg):
  y = [arg[index] for index in range(len(arg)) if not index%2==0]  # learning to use list comprehensions
  return ''.join(y)                                                             # join the list to a string


def first_and_last_4(arg): 
  return arg[:end_index] + arg[start_index:]  # adding the list gives me a list inclusive of the first and last

2 Answers

Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points
Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points

Hello Zvisinei.

"kaoa" is what your function is returning.

The code challenge has the word "Oklahoma" as the default iterable when it checks your code. The error message provides you with the returning output so that you can understand what is going wrong.

Also, please note that you only need to return the slice as requested byt the code challenge, no need to declare a list variable.

Vittorio

Zvisinei Nyamweda
Zvisinei Nyamweda
2,646 Points
Zvisinei Nyamweda
Zvisinei Nyamweda
2,646 Points

thanx got it to work