"Evan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In matlab I can do the following:
>
>>> ind = [3,5,7,2,4,7,8,24]
> ind = 3 5 7 2 4 7 8 24
>>> ind(1) ans = 3
>>> ind(end) ans = 24
>>> ind([1 end]) ans = 3 24
>
> but I can't get the last line in python:
>
> In [690]: ind = [3,5,7,2,4,7,8,24]
> In [691]: ind[0] Out[691]: 3
> In [692]: ind[-1:] Out[692]: [24]
> In [693]: ??
>
> How do I pull out multiple indices as in matlab?
>
>
> Thanks, Evan
>
Or use the third element of a slice, which defines a stepsize, and pick a
step that will go from the first to the last element:
>>> lst = list("ABCDEFG")
>>> lst
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G']
>>> lst[0::len(lst)-1]
['A', 'G']
-- Paul
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