negative stride list slices
Reid Nichol
rnichol_rrc at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 1 14:01:50 EDT 2004
David Abrahams wrote:
> Can anyone explain the logic behind the behavior of list slicing with
> negative strides? For example:
>
> >>> print range(10)[:-3:-1]
> [9,8]
>
> I found this result very surprising, and would just like to see the
> rules written down somewhere.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
> http://www.boost-consulting.com
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