Why wont this code in Code Challenge: Loops Odd Indices work?

#1

https://www.codecademy.com/paths/computer-science/tracks/cspath-flow-data-iteration/modules/dspath-python-loops/lessons/python-functions-loops-cc/exercises/odd-indices

i tried doing this following thing:

def odd_indices(lst):
  odd_lst = [ ]
  for num in range(len(lst) -1):
    if num % 2 != 0:
    	odd_lst.append(lst[num])
    return odd_lst

why does it return instead of making a list with all the items with odd indexes?

#2

Quite possibly, you have an indentation error. If I had to guess, I’d bet you have your return odd_lst statement indented to be inside your for code block. When you post code, click on the </> icon first, and then paste your code in the space indicated. That will preserve your formatting, so we can see exactly what you did. In a language like Python, indentation matters a lot, and we can’t see how your code is indented the way it is currently shown in your post.

#3

As we can see, the return is inside the loop block, hence immediate return of an empty list.

#4

Thanks, for re-posting your code. You just need to out-dent your return statement to be even with for. As it is, the return is executed after the first iteration at index 0, and the function is terminated.

#5

Mod edit, truth be known.

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