Hello peps sorry but I really don't understand the concept and how to do list slices

Question

Is it possible that someone help me out with list slices the single and double thingy I think how to do it pleas anyone help me. Much appreciated

Answer 1

list = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

print (list [2:4])

print (list [:3])

print (list[2:])

OUT PUT =

[3,4,5]

[1,2,3,4]

[3,4,5,6,7,8]

The slice is the sections of the list which is printed. The slice is the value in [] (3:5 for example). This represents which parts (sorry for my bad programming language :) ) of the list are printed -the third to the fifth. However, remember that python starts counting at 0!

If you were to write [ : x], everything before x would be printed.

If you were to write [x:], everything after x would be printed.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

EDIT:

The second output would be [1,2,3] as only the numbers BEFORE that specified would be printed.

Also, the last explanation is slightly wrong - all the numbers after AND INCLUDING that number are printed.

Sorry for my earlier mistakes :)