exercise 10.2 - chop

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exercise 10.2

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def chop (a_list):

    del a_list[0] #remove first element

    del a_list[-1] #remove last element

    

test = [1,2,3,4,5,]

chop(test)

print test

test2 = [6,7,8,9,10]

def middle(a_list):

    new_list = a_list[1:-1]

    return new_list

practice = middle(test2)

print practice