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Slicing for the win solution in Clear category for Even the Last by massif1
def checkio(array):
"""
sums even-indexes elements and multiply at the last
"""
if len(array) == 0:
return 0
summary = 0
for digit in array[::2]: #start from first to last item in steps = 2 (only even indexes)
summary += digit
return summary * array[-1] # -1 last entry of a list
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
if __name__ == '__main__':
print('Example:')
print(checkio([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
assert checkio([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) == 30, "(0+2+4)*5=30"
assert checkio([1, 3, 5]) == 30, "(1+5)*5=30"
assert checkio([6]) == 36, "(6)*6=36"
assert checkio([]) == 0, "An empty array = 0"
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April 2, 2019
