"Ian Mallett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean like:
You don't include the post that you're replying to, Ian, so it can be difficult to follow your posts. > my_string = "Python" > first_letter = my_string[0] > last_letter = my_string[:0] > # first_letter == "P", last_letter == "n" > You probably mean last_letter = my_string[-1] right? Because my_string[:0] is the slice of my_string up to, and not including the zeroth element, which is '', the empty string. -Dave LeCompte