Op 2010-09-07 0:43, Alan Gauld schreef: > > "lists" <li...@justuber.com> wrote > >> Assuming that mytext is "test", I've found that mytext[-1:-4:-1] >> doesn't work (as I expected it to) but that mytext[::-1] does. >> >> While that's fine, I just wondered why mytext[-1:-4:-1] doesn't >> work? > > It does work. > But remember that slices give you the first item to one less > than the second index, so for a 4 letter word you need an > index of of -5... > >>>> "test"[-1:-4:-1] > 'tse' >>>> "test"[-1:-5:-1] > 'tset' >>>>
But remember that you can make it simpler if you simply don't specify the start and end points: >>> 'hello'[::-1] 'olleh' -- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. -- Isaac Asimov Roel Schroeven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
