On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Evert Rol <evert....@gmail.com> wrote: > Read > http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#sequence-types-str-unicode-list-tuple-buffer-xrange > , note 5 (about one "page" down), which explicitly says "If i or j are > omitted or None, they become “end” values (which end depends on the > sign of k)", where the important bit for this discussion is actually > between parentheses.
Great! That is exactly what I needed to know. The reference I learnt extended slices from, probably didn't include this subtlety. Thanks, Sandip _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor