Slicing a String in Python

• BTylerWhite

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  October 21, 2020 at 12:00 am

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  Comments posted to this topic are about the item Slicing a String in Python

• SQLWinther

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  October 21, 2020 at 7:06 am

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  I have never used Python, but this seems to be a nice feature.

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• klwls

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  October 21, 2020 at 5:05 pm

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  Question:  wouldn't "ssn[7:11]" and "ssn[7:]" give "-1234" (including the hyphen)?

• David Conn

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  October 22, 2020 at 6:24 am

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  Python is 0 based so ssn[7] is '4'. ssn[7:] is '4567'

• klwls

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  October 22, 2020 at 12:17 pm

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  Thank you, I understand now. That would make the other viable option ssn[7:10], correct?

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  October 22, 2020 at 5:40 pm

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  ssn[7:10] gives you '456'