print command don't work (subscripted) word[2:4]

[gcmartijn]

Why is this not working ?

bla = 'hondenriem'
print bla[0:4] # correct ! (= hond)
print bla[3:2] # nothing ! (= en)
print bla[6:3] # nothing ! (= riem)

Why don't bla[3:2] and bla[6:3] won't work ?

I use this version:
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/intr...n.html#strings
word = 'HelpA'

>>word[4]

'A'

>>word[0:2]

'He'

>>word[2:4]

'lp'

[Tim Chase]

gc*******@gmail.com wrote:

Why is this not working ?

bla = 'hondenriem'
print bla[0:4] # correct ! (= hond)
print bla[3:2] # nothing ! (= en)
print bla[6:3] # nothing ! (= riem)

Why don't bla[3:2] and bla[6:3] won't work ?

I use this version:
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/intr...n.html#strings
word = 'HelpA'

>>>word[4]

'A'

>>>word[0:2]

'He'

>>>word[2:4]

'lp'

The 2nd number in a slice is the final position, not the number
of characters:

>>bla = 'hondenriem'
print bla[0:4]

hond

>>print bla[3:2] # returns nothing

>>print bla[3:3+2] # returns 2 characters from pos 3-5

de

>>print bla[6:6+3] # returns 3 characters from pos 6-9

rie
-tkc

[skip]

gcmartijnWhy is this not working ?
gcmartijnbla = 'hondenriem'
gcmartijnprint bla[0:4] # correct ! (= hond)
gcmartijnprint bla[3:2] # nothing ! (= en)
gcmartijnprint bla[6:3] # nothing ! (= riem)

gcmartijnWhy don't bla[3:2] and bla[6:3] won't work ?

Because those two examples define zero-length slices (left index <= right).
The second number in each slice specification is the ending index of the
slice, not the desired length.

>>bla = 'hondenriem'
print bla[0:4]

hond

>>print bla[3:2]

>>print bla[2:3]

n

>>print bla[6:3]

>>print bla[3:6]

den

>>print bla[3:3]

Skip

[Jerry Hill]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:50 PM, <gc*******@gmail.comwrote:

Why is this not working ?

bla = 'hondenriem'
print bla[0:4] # correct ! (= hond)
print bla[3:2] # nothing ! (= en)

Why do you think the right answer is 'en'? bla[3:2] is asking for the
slice starting at position 3, ending before position 2, reading left
to right. If you were expecting the slice to read backwards from
position 3 to position 2, you'd need to supply a third argument to the
slice:

>>print bla[3:2:-1]

d

If you were expecting the second argument in the slice notation to be
the length of the substring, well, that's just wrong. Python slices
don't work that way. Take a look at the tutorial, particularly the
bit on slice notation, here:
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/intr...n.html#strings

--
Jerry