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try return slice except solution in Clear category for Remove All After by Phil15

def remove_all_after(items: list, border: int) -> list:
    try:
        return items[: items.index(border) + 1]
    except ValueError:
        return items

Jan. 12, 2020

Comments:

ChrisBlue on Nov. 20, 2020, 3 p.m.
Thanks for the solution. Try/except was new to me and feels more appropiate than if/else.

Phil15 on Nov. 20, 2020, 4:17 p.m.
`if border in items` and `items.index(border)` search for border two times which seems bad. If it was a string, we would have `find` method (which returns -1 when it is does not find it), not just the `index` one. I would have considered if/else.

Pavellver on March 27, 2023, 6:52 p.m.
This is a great solution which I do not know why I haven't thought of it before!

egkrivotuloff on April 2, 2023, 12:12 p.m.
I think this solution looks more like a creative one than a clear one, because exceptions are dirty

Pactp on May 16, 2023, 7:34 a.m.
<ul> <li>Try + slice</li> <li>Looking nice )</li> </ul>

Pactp on May 16, 2023, 7:38 a.m.
<ul> <li>Try + slice</li> <li>Looking nice )</li> </ul>

reddog6 on Sept. 27, 2023, 4:44 a.m.
Always worth putting in comments to explain your code.

Phil15 on Sept. 27, 2023, 6:18 a.m.
Not always. Most code should be self-explanatory. And comments can be less clear or less updated than code which can result in outdated comments (meaning it can become plain wrong). What's unclear here?

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