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Leen Leenaerts
Courses Plus Student 2,367 Pointswhat's wrong with this?
?
def first_4(a):
return a[:4]
def odds(a):
length = len(a)
for i in reversed(range(len(a)+1)):
if a[i] %2 == 0:
del a[i]
return a
2 Answers
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 PointsThe challenge asks for odd INDEX and not odd VALUE, this evaluation 'if a[i] %2 == 0:' is checking the value and not the index.
This is what worked for me:
def first_4(a):
return a[:4]
def odds(a):
return a[1::2] #for odd index we start at index 1 (first odd index),
#then jump 2 to the next odd index and so on.
Leen Leenaerts
Courses Plus Student 2,367 Pointsthanks, that was stupid of me