How to create a list in Python that will yield the following result []

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This a question on coursera practices excess.

Create a new list using the 9th through 12th elements (four items in all) of new_lst and assign it to the variable sub_lst.

link to the question: https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/fopp/Sequences/TheSliceOperator.html The last question on the list.

How is my code

new_lst = ["computer", "luxurious", "basket", "crime", 0, 2.49, "institution", "slice", "sun", 
["water", "air", "fire", "earth"], "games", 2.7, "code", "java", ["birthday", "celebration", 1817, 
"party", "cake", 5], "rain", "thunderstorm", "top down"]
new_lst = new_lst[9:12]
sub_lst = new_lst
print(sub_lst)

My output:

[['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7]

But here is the expected output:

['sun', ['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7]

Please why am I not getting the expected output?

Possibly because you destroyed new_lst in the process? You should have assigned the slice directly to sub_lst instead. — jasonharper
– jasonharper, Commented Feb 18, 2020 at 5:30

mahoriR · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:36:41Z

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You need to start indexing at 8 as The 9th element is at index 8.

new_lst = ["computer", "luxurious", "basket", "crime", 0, 2.49, "institution", "slice", "sun", ["water", "air", "fire", "earth"], "games", 2.7, "code", "java", ["birthday", "celebration", 1817, "party", "cake", 5], "rain", "thunderstorm", "top down"]

sub_lst=new_lst[8:8+4]

Resulting output will be -

['sun', ['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7]

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:36

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mesimplybj · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:53:51Z

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I think you are assigning more than the question asked and here is the solution

new_lst = ["computer", "luxurious", "basket", "crime", 0, 2.49, "institution", "slice", "sun", ["water", "air", "fire", "earth"], "games", 2.7, "code", "java", ["birthday", "celebration", 1817, "party", "cake", 5], "rain", "thunderstorm", "top down"]
sub_lst = new_lst[8:12]

just do "sub_lst = new_lst[8:12]" assign just sliced list in sub_lst.

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:53

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ahmet dundar · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:33:12Z

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your 9th element is ['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'] (it is included) and 12th element is "code" (it is excluded in python) so result is [['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7]

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:33

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cyberbest Over a year ago

Yes The result is [['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7] But from the online textbook the The Expected Result [ ] runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/fopp/Sequences/…

ahmet dundar Over a year ago

At that book expected answer is not empty array your answer is

new_lst = ["computer", "luxurious", "basket", "crime", 0, 2.49, "institution", "slice", "sun", ["water", "air", "fire", "earth"], "games", 2.7, "code", "java", ["birthday", "celebration", 1817, "party", "cake", 5], "rain", "thunderstorm", "top down"]  sub_lst=new_lst[8:12]

SAI SANTOSH CHIRAG · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:51:48Z

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Here is the code I executed in the link you have provided:

new_lst = ["computer", "luxurious", "basket", "crime", 0, 2.49, "institution", "slice", "sun", ["water", "air", "fire", "earth"], "games", 2.7, "code", "java", ["birthday", "celebration", 1817, "party", "cake", 5], "rain", "thunderstorm", "top down"]
sub_lst = new_lst[8:12]
print(sub_lst)

This line in the code you have written, you have updated the value of new_lst to only 4 elements.

new_lst = new_lst[9:12]

So, it is showing the expected value as [].

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:51

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Janine White · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 05:57:37Z

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If you do a simple output of the 9th through 12th items of the list

item_count = 0
for item in new_lst:
    item_count += 1
    if 9<=item_count<=12:
        print(str(item_count)+" "+str(item))

you get the output

9 sun
10 ['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth']
11 games
12 2.7

which is not an empty list.

To get the sub-list of the 9th through 12th items use a slice that starts at 8 based on a zero-based index and ends at 12 because the last item is not included in the output slice.

sub_lst = new_lst[8:12]

which prints as

print(sub_lst)
['sun', ['water', 'air', 'fire', 'earth'], 'games', 2.7]

edited Feb 18, 2020 at 5:57

answered Feb 18, 2020 at 5:51

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