What is slicing?
Lesson 12 of 19 in Coddy's Into the Past || Complete Beginner for Python Strings course.
Slicing a String
In python slicing is an interesting task. Let's take a look:
name = "SAMUEL"
Think about it like a loaf of bread. You can grab a piece, part or the whole thing.
Let's look at how to do this. Python is zero index bases meaning it starts counting at zero under the letter "S"
Next how it work [start:stop:step]
- start: where to start and it is inclusive; meaning it is included
- stop: where to end but it is exclusive; meaning it stops right before the number
- step: at witch interval to move through the string
- also a single number is only that character
Examples:
- name[2] --> "M"
- name[1:4] --> "AMU"
- name[1:5:2] --> "AU"
Challenge
EasyNow run the code that is given to you in the code editor and see for yourself
Try it yourself
def slice(name):
return name[0:4]