Jim and Laura Ahl wrote: > >>> 'my test string'[-1:-4:-1] > 'gni' > >>> > When I do this it tells me that the sequence index must be an integer. > What is that telling me and how do I fix that? Jim It's telling you that it doesn't support "extended slicing" - indexes with three components. Upgrade to Python 2.3 or later to make it work. Kent