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Trying to understand string slicing. I don't get why I need to add the very last bit ' + group[-1] ' to get the letter 'y' from 'Mary'
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stringslice-ch7.py
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# stringslice-ch7.py
# Algot Runeman
# 2012-12-18
# Trying to understand string slicing
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group = "Peter Paul and Mary"
start = 0
# string[x:y] references a 'slice' from the string USE COLON, NOT COMMA!
for ch in range(0,len(group)):
if group[ch] == ' ':
# print ch,'is a space.'
print group[start:ch]
start = ch+1
## Okay, the next slice works but I don't see why I need the last bit.
print group[start:-1]+group[-1]
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