Python slice first and last element in list

Question

Is there a way to slice only the first and last item in a list?

For example; If this is my list:

>>> some_list
[\'1\', \'B\', \'3\', \'D\',          


        

Answer 1

Another python3 solution uses tuple unpacking with the "*" character:

first, *_, last = range(1, 10)