Code Challenge I

This post will be the first in a series of posts about how I solved challenges from CodeWars. For each post, I will give the prompt, what the prompt entails, and how I solved each prompt.

Get the start number and the end number of a rage and return the count of all numbers except numbers with a 5 in it. The start and the end number are both inclusive!

2. How do I check to see if each integer contains 5? Well, Python cannot compare numbers like it can compare strings, so I decided to use a string comparison:

3. I decided that subtracting the number of fives from the total length would be the best way to find my answer. I had to create two variables: the length of the original list and the number of fives:

To pull the function together:

This challenge was simple, but was still fun to think about. I am aware that this function may not be super efficient, but I try to solve these challenges as quickly as I can.

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