Write a python function that takes a list of elements and n as input, extract and append first n characters and last n characters of each string and return the resultant list

Topic: Write a python function that takes a list of elements and n as input, extract and append first n characters and last n characters of each string and return the resultant list

Solution

def nchar (list1,no):
    return [items[:no]+items[-no:] for items in list1]
list1 = ["ROHAN", "END"]
nchar(list1, 3)