On 26/11/20 12:41 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
a = "abcdef"
a[-2] # returns a result
Yes, but did you *intend* that result, or did the -2
result from a calculation that should have returned a
positive index but went wrong? Python has no way to
tell.
--
Greg
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