Slice the Middle Section

Easy ⏱ 8 min 88% acceptance ★★★★☆ 4.2

Write middle_section(items) that returns a new list containing every element of items except the first and last one, using slicing. If items has 2 or fewer elements, return an empty list.

Examples

Example 1

Input

items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Output

[2, 3, 4]

Explanation

Drop the first and last elements.

Example 2

Input

items = [1, 2]

Output

[]

Explanation

Only two elements remain after dropping both ends.

Constraints

0 <= len(items) <= 10^4

Topics

ListsSlicing

Companies

MetaCognizant

Hints

Hint 1

items[1:-1] slices from index 1 up to (not including) the last index.

← First and Last Element Reverse a List With Step Slicing →

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