without_end

Given a string, print out a version without the first and last char, so “Hello” yields “ell”. The string length will be at least 2.

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:

'java'

Output:

'av'

Test 3

Input:

'coding'

Output:

'odin'

Test 4

Input:

'code'

Output:

'od'

Test 5

Input:

'ab'

Output:

''

Test 6

Input:

'Chocolate!'

Output:

'hocolate'

Test 7

Input:

'kitten'

Output:

'itte'

Test 8

Input:

'woohoo'

Output:

'ooho'