Introduction to Programming Part 3, 2 part: Working with strings

[isasardorbek]

"Second and second to last characters" on this exercise, gave error because of 'different' word missed on the test case:

if I put the true version of the answer, anyway cannot submit the exercise

[mpaunovic]

Here's the corrected version of your code.

# Write your solution here
word = input("Please type in a string: ")

if word[1] == word[-2]:
    print(f"The second and the second to last characters are {word[1]}")
else:
    print("The second and the second to last characters are different")

Hope this helps.

[isasardorbek]

yeah it was my mistake, sorry it was working

…

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM Milan Paunovic ***@***.***> wrote: *mpaunovic* left a comment (rage/programming-26#64) <#64 (comment)> Here's the corrected version of your code. # Write your solution here word = input("Please type in a string: ") if word[1] == word[-2]: print(f"The second and the second to last characters are {word[1]}") else: print("The second and the second to last characters are different") Hope this helps. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#64?email_source=notifications&email_token=BED4IZUVGYJ6MMWWAP5QBDD5KR6PBA5CNFSNUABFM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQXTKMZTGA4TOOBRG432M4TFMFZW63VGMF2XI2DPOKSWK5TFNZ2KYZTPN52GK4S7MNWGSY3L#issuecomment-5330978177>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BED4IZRGOFMNEEVW3TE7YZ35KR6PBAVCNFSNUABGKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCMJYHA3TMOBXGE5US43TOVSTWNJRGY4DOMRSHEZTHILWAI> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/BED4IZSQCR2V7JRAY5SF4535KR6PBA5CNFSNUABFM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQXTKMZTGA4TOOBRG432M4TFMFZW63VGMF2XI2DPOKSWK5TFNZ2KUZTPN52GK4S7NFXXG> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/BED4IZUYZ54H7BER5N3VTE35KR6PBA5CNFSNUABFM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQXTKMZTGA4TOOBRG432M4TFMFZW63VGMF2XI2DPOKSWK5TFNZ2K4ZTPN52GK4S7MFXGI4TPNFSA>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[mpaunovic]

It happens, just keep practising!

Could you please close this issue as solved?