Level 1Exercise #1

Every second character

Return the characters at even indices (0, 2, 4, …) in one clean expression.

Sample Test Cases

Example #1

Input:every_second("interview")

Output:"itriw"

Reveal Reference Solution

def every_second(text: str) -> str:
    return text[::2]

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