On Apr 8, 12:29�pm, Lorenzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> �"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Apr 8, 11:34?am, Lorenzo Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > I have tuple which hold a string in tup[0]. I want to get a slice of
> > > that string. I thought I would do something like:
> > > tup[0][start:end]
> > > But this fails.
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> > No, it doesn't.
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> > >>> a = ('abcdefg','hijkl')
> > >>> a[0]
> > 'abcdefg'
> > >>> a[0][1:2]
> > 'b'
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> > > How do I go about it?
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> > Do it correctly. Post your actual example that fails
> > and the related error message. Possibnly your indexes
> > were out of range.
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> > > I googled this and found a couple
> > > of references, but no solution.
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> > Well, there wouldn't be �a solution to a non-existent
> > problem, would there?
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> > > TIA
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> How would you get a slice of a[0] from your example? 'cde' for example?'b' _was_ a slice of a[0]. but for your specific example >>> a[0][2:5] 'cde' Keep in mind the "end" value is not returned and indexing starts with 0, so "cde" represents the 3rd, 4th & 5th characters making the slice 2:5. > > -- > "My Break-Dancing days are over, but there's always the Funky Chicken" > --The Full Monty
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