>> Assuming that mytext is "test", I've found that mytext[-1:-4:-1] >> doesn't work (as I expected it to) but that mytext[::-1] does. >> >> While that's fine, I just wondered why mytext[-1:-4:-1] doesn't work? > > How does it not "work"? What did you expect to happen? What did it do instead? > > Greets > Sander >
Hi, assuming mytext is "test", word[-1:-4:-1] returns tse My understanding of how the index works on test would be: 0 1 2 3 t e s t -4 -3 -2 -1 So I just wasn't clear on what happened to the last 't' I expected to see. Cheer, Chris _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
