Level 1Exercise #17

Capture the middle

Return the first value, a list of middle values, and the last value.

Sample Test Cases

Example #1

Input:split_ends([10, 20, 30, 40])

Output:(10,[20,30],40)

Reveal Reference Solution

def split_ends(values: list[int]) -> tuple:
    first, *middle, last = values
    return first, middle, last

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