On Jul 22, 9:18 am, alex23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 22, 3:10 pm, konstantin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > some_string[i:j:k] > > What does it mean? > > i = start position, j = end position, k = step size > > >>> s = "ABABABABABABAB" > >>> s[0:6:2] > 'AAA' > >>> s = "ABCABCABCABCABC" > >>> s[0:6:3] > > 'AA' > > Hope this helps. > > - alex23
Thanks! It seems that negative step leads in reverse direction. But logic isn't completely clear for me. >>> s = '123456789' >>> s[::-2] '97531' but >>> s[:-1:-2] '' though I expected something like '8642' What did i missed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
