>>> 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 >
Sorry I mean mytext[-1:-4:-1] not word[-1:-4:-1] :-S _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
