gistfile1.txt

>>> 
>>> s = "happy new year"
>>> s[1]
'a'
>>> s[1:]
'appy new year'
>>> s[5:]
' new year'
>>> s[5:7]
' n'
>>> s[:7]
'happy n'
>>> s[:-1]
'happy new yea'
>>> s[::2]
'hpynwya'
>>> s[::-1]
'raey wen yppah'
>>>