From 39c7335bae9536070174c171344488f9144c3039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Angelos Chalaris Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:10:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add every_nth snippet --- snippets/every_nth.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 snippets/every_nth.md diff --git a/snippets/every_nth.md b/snippets/every_nth.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9223e0fae --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/every_nth.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: every_nth +tags: list,beginner +--- + +Returns every nth element in a list. + +Use `[1::nth]` to create a new list that contains every nth element of the given list. + +```py +def every_nth(lst, nth): + return lst[1::nth] +``` + +```py +every_nth([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 2) # [ 2, 4, 6 ] +```