Wow, that's the best explanation I've seen so far, now it's gonna stick
with me!
Thank you!
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 01:58:22PM -0400, C W wrote:
> > Dear Python list,
> >
> > I am having trouble understanding the following.
> [...]
>
>
Hi Alan
Thank you very much, I got it. So in this case, there is no need to specify
where it ends.
In fact, even if I wanted to specify the ending, I can't!
Thank you!
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor
wrote:
> On 28/05/17 18:58, C W wrote:
>
> > Now if I do case 2,
> >> p
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Because 0 always means the start of the string, how do you slice to the
> end? You can use the length of the string (in this case, 7) or you can
> leave the ending position blank, and it defaults to the length of the
> string:
For completeness, there's a third option, Non
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 01:58:22PM -0400, C W wrote:
> Dear Python list,
>
> I am having trouble understanding the following.
[...]
The way to think about string indexing and slicing is that the index
positions mark *between* the characters. Take your string:
Machine learning is awesome!
On 28/05/17 18:58, C W wrote:
> Now if I do case 2,
>> print(great[-3:-1])
>> me
>
> Where did the exclamation mark go in case 2?
>
> I was told the count begins at zero, that's true going forward, but not
> backwards.
Its not about where the count starts its about where it finishes.
It finishe
Dear Python list,
I am having trouble understanding the following.
If I do case 1,
great = "Machine learning is awesome!"
> print(great[-1])
> !
Now if I do case 2,
> print(great[-3:-1])
> me
Where did the exclamation mark go in case 2?
I was told the count begins at zero, that's true going fo
