Python: Get a list with n elements removed from the left, right

Python List: Exercise - 268 with Solution

Write a Python program to get a list with n elements removed from the left and right.

Removed from the left:

• Use slice notation to remove the specified number of elements from the left.
• Omit the last argument, n, to use a default value of 1.

Removed from the right:

Returns a list with n elements removed from the right.

• Use slice notation to remove the specified number of elements from the right.
• Omit the last argument, n, to use a default value of 1.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

def drop_left_right(a, n = 1):
  return a[n:], a[:-n] 
nums = [1, 2, 3]
print("Original list elements:")
print(nums)
result = drop_left_right(nums)
print("Remove 1 element from left of the said list:")
print(result[0])
print("Remove 1 element from right of the said list:")
print(result[1])
nums = [1, 2, 3, 4]
print("\nOriginal list elements:")
print(nums)
result = drop_left_right(nums,2)
print("Remove 2 elements from left of the said list:")
print(result[0])
print("Remove 2 elements from right of the said list:")
print(result[1])
nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
print("\nOriginal list elements:")
print(nums)
result = drop_left_right(nums)
print("Remove 7 elements from left of the said list:")
print(result[0])
print("Remove 7 elements from right of the said list:")
print(result[1])

Sample Output:

Original list elements:
[1, 2, 3]
Remove 1 element from left of the said list:
[2, 3]
Remove 1 element from right of the said list:
[1, 2]

Original list elements:
[1, 2, 3, 4]
Remove 2 elements from left of the said list:
[3, 4]
Remove 2 elements from right of the said list:
[1, 2]

Original list elements:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Remove 7 elements from left of the said list:
[2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Remove 7 elements from right of the said list:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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