I bet this is asked quite frequently, however after quite a few hours searching I haven't found an answer.
What is the thinking behind stopping 'one short' when slicing or iterating through lists? By example; >>> a=[0,1,2,3,4,5,6] >>> a [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> a[2:5] [2, 3, 4] To my mind, it makes more sense to go to 5. I'm sure there's a good reason, but I'm worried it will result in a lot of 'one-off' errors for me, so I need to get my head around the philosophy of this behaviour, and where else it is observed (or not observed.) I'm just a hobbyist who likes to learn things, and the Raspberry Pi has me interested in Python. I have dabbled in QB, VB, Spin (Parallex), Bascom, and Arduino's in the past. Thanks for your insights! Ian. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
