id/email
password
forgot password | create account
about | help | code help+videos | done | prefs
CodingBat code practice

 

bryce.hulett@hotmail.com python_list_2 > n_copies
prev  |  next  |  chance

Write a function named n_copies that accepts a list of integers a as a parameter and returns a new list a2, with each element value n from a replaced by n consecutive copies of the value n at the same relative location in the list. For example, if a list named a stores the following element values: [3, 5, 0, 2, 2, -7, 0, 4] Then the call of a2 = n_copies(a) should return a new list a2 containing the following elements. The idea is that the value 3 was replaced by three 3s the 5 was replaced by five 5s and so on. [3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4] Any element whose value is 0 or negative should not be kept in the returned list (as with 0 and -7 above). Constraints: In solving this problem, you must create a single new list to be returned, but aside from that, do not create any other data structures such as temporary lists or strings. You may use as many simple variables (such as ints) as you like.


n_copies([3, 5, 0, 2, 2, -7, 0, 4]) → [3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4]
n_copies([-5, 1, 4, 2, 4, 1, 0]) → [1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1]
n_copies([3]) → [3, 3, 3]

...Save, Compile, Run (ctrl-enter)

def n_copies(a):

Editor font size %:
Shorter output


Forget It! -- delete my code for this problem

Progress graphs:
 Your progress graph for this problem
 Random user progress graph for this problem
 Random Epic Progress Graph

Python Help

Difficulty: 290 Post-solution available

Copyright Nick Parlante 2017 - privacy