withou_end_2

Given a string, return a version without both the first and last char of the string. The string may be any length, including 0.

This exercise was taken from codingbat.com and has been adapted for the Python language. There are many great programming exercises there, but the majority are created for Java.

Test 1

Input:

'Hello'

Output:

'ell'

Test 2

Input:

'abc'

Output:

'b'

Test 3

Input:

'ab'

Output:

''

Test 4

Input:

'a'

Output:

''

Test 5

Input:

''

Output:

''

Test 6

Input:

'coldy'

Output:

'old'

Test 7

Input:

'java code'

Output:

'ava cod'