On 12/06/17 15:57, Vikas YADAV wrote:
> for i in range(len(s)-1, 1, -2):
> print s[i]
> -
>
> So my question is: how would you write "s[::-1]" in terms of a for loop for
> illustration purpose?
Exactly as above but replace -2 with -1
for i in
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Cc: tutor <tutor@python.org>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] string reversal using [::-1]
[QUOTED ENTIRELY FROM STEVE {st...@pearwood.info} IN ANSWER TO A SLICING
QUESTION]
The way to think about string indexing and sli
[QUOTED ENTIRELY FROM STEVE {st...@pearwood.info} IN ANSWER TO A SLICING
QUESTION]
The way to think about string indexing and slicing is that the index
positions mark *between* the characters. Take your string:
Machine learning is awesome!
For brevity, I'll just use the first word:
Vikas YADAV wrote:
> Question: Why does "123"[::-1] result in "321"?
>
>
>
> MY thinking is [::-1] is same as [0:3:-1], that the empty places defaults
> to start and end index of the string object.
>
> So, if we start from 0 index and decrement index by 1 till we reach 3, how
> many index we
On 10/06/17 17:39, Vikas YADAV wrote:
> Question: Why does "123"[::-1] result in "321"?
>
> MY thinking is [::-1] is same as [0:3:-1], that the empty places defaults to
> start and end index of the string object.
Did you try that? You may be surprised.
The wonderful thing about the >>> prompt is
Question: Why does "123"[::-1] result in "321"?
MY thinking is [::-1] is same as [0:3:-1], that the empty places defaults to
start and end index of the string object.
So, if we start from 0 index and decrement index by 1 till we reach 3, how
many index we should get? I think we should get
