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Characters at even indexes

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Write a Python program to print the characters at even index positions (0, 2, 4, …).

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Input
"sqatools"
Output
saol

Approach

  1. Slice with a step of 2.

Solution

Python
print("sqatools"[::2])
Output
saol

Line by line

Line 1

Starting at 0 with step 2 takes indexes 0, 2, 4 and 6.

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