text: '''
  # Modify the student_grade function using the format method, so that it returns the phrase "X received Y% on the exam". For
  # example, student_grade("Reed", 80) should return "Reed received 80% on the exam".
  # '''
  # 
  # def student_grade(name, grade):
  #     return "{0} received {1}% on the exam".format(name, grade)
  # 
  # print(student_grade("Reed", 80))
  # print(student_grade("Paige", 92))
  # print(student_grade("Jesse", 85))
  # 
  # 
  # print("-------")
  # price = 7.5
  # with_tax = price * 1.09
  # #print(price, with_tax)
  # print("Base price: ${:.2f}. With Tax: ${:.2f}".format(price, with_tax))
  # 
  # 
  # print("-------")
  # def to_celsius(x):
  #     return (x-32)*5/9
  # 
  # for x in range(0,101, 10):
  #     print("{:>3} F | {:6.2f} C".format(x, to_celsius(x)))
  # 
  # print("-------------------------------")
  # def convert_seconds(seconds):
  #     hours = seconds // 3600
  #     minutes = (seconds - hours * 3600) // 60
  #     remaining_seconds = seconds - hours * 3600 - minutes * 60
  #     return hours, minutes, remaining_seconds
  # 
  # result = convert_seconds(5000)
  # print(type(result))
  # print(result)
  # 
  # print("1-------")
  # hours, minutes, remnaining_seconds = result
  # print(hours, minutes, remnaining_seconds)
  # 
  # print("2-------")
  # hours, minutes, remnaining_seconds = convert_seconds(1000)
  # print(hours, minutes, remnaining_seconds)
  # 
  # """
  # The guest_list function reads in a list of tuples with the name, age, and profession of each party guest, and prints the sentence
  # "Guest is X years old and works as __." for each one. For example, guest_list(('Ken', 30, "Chef"), ("Pat", 35, 'Lawyer'),
  # ('Amanda', 25, "Engineer")) should print out:
  # 
  # Ken is 30 years old and works as Chef.
  # Pat is 35 years old and works as Lawyer.
  # Amanda is 25 years old and works as Engineer.
  # Fill in the gaps in this function to do that.
  # """
  # def guest_list(guests):
  #     for name, age, occup in guests:
  #       print("{0} is {1} years old and works as {2}".format(name, age, occup))
  # guest_list([('Ken', 30, "Chef"), ("Pat", 35, 'Lawyer'), ('Amanda', 25, "Engineer")])
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # print("=======================================")
  # animals = ['Lion', 'Zebra', 'Dolphin', 'Monkey']
  # 
  # chars = 0
  # for animal in animals:
  #     chars = chars + len(animal)
  # print("Total characters: {}, Average length: {}".format(chars, chars/ len(animals)))
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # print("=======================================")
  # winners = ["Ashley", "Dylan", "Reese"]
  # 
  # for index, person in enumerate(winners):
  #     print("{} - {}".format(index + 1, person))
  # 
  # 
  # 
  # print("=======================================")
  # #iterating over list and tuples, week4
  # def skip_elements(elements):
  #     #return [ x for x in elements if elements.index(x) % 2 == 0 ]
  #     return [elements[i] for i in range(len(elements)) if i % 2 == 0] 
  # 
  # print(skip_elements(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"])) # Should be ['a', 'c', 'e', 'g']
  # print(skip_elements(['Orange', 'Pineapple', 'Strawberry', 'Kiwi', 'Peach'])) # Should be ['Orange', 'Strawberry', 'Peach']
  
  
  def skip_elements(elements):
      #return [ x for x in elements if elements.index(x) % 2 == 0 ]
      #return [elements[i] for i in range(len(elements)) if i % 2 == 0]  
      new_list = []
      count = 0
      for index, value in enumerate(elements):
          if index % 2 == 0:
              new_list.append(value)
              count += 1
      return new_list
      
  
  print(skip_elements(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"])) # Should be ['a', 'c', 'e', 'g']
  print(skip_elements(['Orange', 'Pineapple', 'Strawberry', 'Kiwi', 'Peach'])) # Should be ['Orange', 'Strawberry', 'Peach']
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  