Reverse the order of the digits in the last four digits of
card_number, by using a slice with a step of-1. You can use either negative or positive indices for the start and end indices.
I know what the answer is but i just don’t understand why the last digit in card_number[0 : 4 : 2] is a -1 when reversing the number 2 would be -3
def verify_card_number(card_number):
sum_of_odd_digits = 0
card_number_reversed = card_number[0 : 4 : 2]
print(card_number_reversed)
Could you link to the challenge in question?
If I understand your question correctly, this step isn’t really trying to show the exact equivalent of [0:4:2] slice, when the last number is negative.
no they’re all negative numbers, I understand the first two digits which are -1, -5 but not the third digit which is -1 when a 2 in reverse would be -3 not -1
-1 is the last digit
-5 is the 4th last digit
-1 indicates to go 1 digit at a time, backwards
It says to reverse the last 4 digits, not to go by 2s
thank you for explaining!
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