Formatting required output for String slicing in Python - python-3.x

Question

Beginner in python here, and I have a code that is supposed to slice a string evenly and oddly and display it.
Here is my code:
def even_bits(str):
result = ""
for i in range(len(str)):
if i % 2 == 0:
result = result + str[i]
return result
def odd_bits(str):
result = ""
for i in range(len(str)):
if i % 2 == 1:
result = result + str[i]
return result
for i in range(int(input())):
w = input('')
print(even_bits(w), ' ' ,odd_bits(w))
This runs correctly however gives output as follows:
Sample Input:
2
Hello
World
Sample Output:
2
Hello
Hlo el
World
Wrd ol
How do I format the output such that I get output as follows:
Sample Output:
Hlo el
Wrd ol
Thank You in advance.

Answer 1

You can first declare an input list that contains all input strings. Then iterate over the input list and print the even and odd characters:
def even_bits(chain):
result = ""
for i in range(len(chain)):
if i % 2 == 0:
result = result + chain[i]
return result
def odd_bits(chain):
result = ""
for i in range(len(chain)):
if i % 2 == 1:
result = result + chain[i]
return result
input_list = [] # input list that contains all input strings
for i in range(int(input())):
w = input('')
input_list.append(w)
# iterate over input list to print even and odd characters
for inp in input_list:
print(even_bits(inp), ' ', odd_bits(inp))

Answer 2

You can make two result lists. One for the even outputs, one for the odd outputs, then zip them and print each element. Also, you can easily take the even and odd letters using a single slice.
x = "Hello world"
# slicing looks like [START:STOP:STEP], so we can do
evens = x[0::2] # Will start at 0, go to the end, and take every 2nd character
odds = x[1::2] # Will start at 1, go to the end, and take every 2nd character
print(evens) # >>> Hlowrd
print(odds) # >>> el ol
This works even if you have an empty string.
Putting it all together, it could look like this:
def even_bits(my_str):
return my_str[0::2]
def odd_bits(my_str):
return my_str[1::2]
even_results = []
odd_results = []
for i in range(int(input("How many inputs: "))):
w = input('Input # {}: '.format(i+1))
even_results.append(even_bits(w))
odd_results.append(odd_bits(w))
for ev, od in zip(even_results, odd_results):
print(ev, od)
Output:
How many inputs: 2
Input # 1: Hello
Input # 2: World
Hlo el
Wrd ol