List slices
Alex
not_such_a_brain_after_all at mit.edu
Tue Oct 31 10:44:14 EST 2000
> Given the list
>
> x = ['first','second','third','forth']
>
> and
>
> x[-1]
>
> returns ['forth'], it seems inconsistent that
>
> x[1:-1]
>
> returns ['second',third'] instead of the expected
> ['second',third','forth']. Can someone provide an explanation for
> this please?
If x is a python sequence, x[start: end] returns the list
[x[start], x[start+1], ... x[end-1]]
HTH
Alex.
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