Walrus in the middle creative solution for Middle Characters by tom-tom - python coding challenges

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Walrus in the middle solution in Creative category for Middle Characters by tom-tom

middle=lambda s:s[-(n:=len(s)//2+1):n]

April 27, 2020

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piter239 on April 27, 2020, 5:33 p.m.
Wow! If only one could write it as following: <pre class='brush: python'>middle=lambda s:s[-(n:=len(s) // 2 + 1) : n] </pre> It would be a nice self-referential twist, wouldn't it? ))

tom-tom on April 27, 2020, 7:49 p.m.
I tried to make it as short as possible, for the <a href="https://py.checkio.org/mission/middle-characters/publications/category/puzzle/">Creative</a> category. That's the reason for lambda, one-letter names and the absence of spaces.

piter239 on April 28, 2020, 6:04 a.m.
Got it! But have a look at <pre class='brush: python'>middle('middle=lambda s:s[-(n:=len(s) // 2 + 1) : n]') </pre>

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