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Major Taylor
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You can actually just do min() and max() on the array itself, you don't need to copy it to another list. Right idea though.
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Why did you define middle then not use it?
Also, it's a good idea to not actually change the data coming in. It'd be best to make a copy of the data before you sort so data remains unchanged.
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First-asuranceturix
Nice. I didn't know about the "stride" option in slice notation. Very helpful.
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First-phoenixkumaran
Instead of potentially using Modulus Division (%) 4 times, is there a way you could minimize that?
Modulus division is a slow operation (compared to assigning a variable), so this would be slightly faster in all cases:
div_by_5 = number % 5 == 0
div_by_3 = number % 3 == 0
if di
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First-user2575729
Your "while" loop could be more clearly written as a "for" loop, and is safer.
Example:
for x in wordlist:
if x.isalpha():
etc...
In Python, x will cycle through the items in the list unless interrupted.
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