splitting odd and even code example

Example: splitting odd and even

>>> a = ['blah', 3,'haha', 2, 'pointer', 1, 'poop', 'fire']
>>> a[0:][::2] # even
['blah', 'haha', 'pointer', 'poop']
>>> a[1:][::2] # odd
[3, 2, 1, 'fire']