# Given a string, return a version without the first and last char, so "Hello"
# yields "ell". The string length will be at least 2.

# without_end('Hello') -> 'ell'
# without_end('java') -> 'av'
# without_end('coding') -> 'odin'

def without_end(str):
  return str[1:len(str) - 1]

print(without_end('Hello'))
print(without_end('java'))
print(without_end('coding'))

# Given a string, return a version without the first and last char, so "Hello"
# yields "ell". The string length will be at least 2.

# without_end('Hello') --> 'ell'
# without_end('java') --> 'av'
# without_end('coding') --> 'odin'

def without_end(str):
  return str[1:len(str) - 1]

print(without_end('Hello'))
print(without_end('java'))
print(without_end('coding'))

Update without_end.py