'''
Rotate a list N places to the left.
    Examples:
     rotate(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h'], 3)
    ['d', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'a', 'b', 'c']

     rotate(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h'], -2)
    ['g', 'h', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
'''


my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'k']
K = -11


def rotate(my_list, n):
    if abs(n) > len(my_list):
        n = -(abs(n) // len(my_list))
    slice1 = my_list[:n]
    slice2 = my_list[n:]
    result = slice2 + slice1
    return result


if __name__ == '__main__':
    for each in range(-5, 5, 2):
        result = rotate(my_list, each)
        print(f'N = {each}: {result}\n')