On 10/06/17 17:39, Vikas YADAV wrote: > Question: Why does "123"[::-1] result in "321"? > > MY thinking is [::-1] is same as [0:3:-1], that the empty places defaults to > start and end index of the string object.
Did you try that? You may be surprised. The wonderful thing about the >>> prompt is that it's as quick to try it out as to guess. Look in the archives for a recent post by Steven(29/5, "Counting a string backwards") that explains slicing, it may help. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
