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23 lines
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---
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title: Rotate list elements
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tags: list
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expertise: beginner
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cover: blog_images/colorful-pots.jpg
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firstSeen: 2020-11-02T19:15:44+02:00
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lastUpdated: 2020-11-02T19:15:44+02:00
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---
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Moves the specified amount of elements to the start of the list.
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- Use slice notation to get the two slices of the list and combine them before returning.
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```py
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def roll(lst, offset):
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return lst[-offset:] + lst[:-offset]
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```
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```py
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roll([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2) # [4, 5, 1, 2, 3]
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roll([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], -2) # [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]
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```
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