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Python slice() Function

Karim Buzdar
Python slice() Function

Introduction

The slice() function in Python prints a slice object, which can be a string, byte, tuple, list, and range. With this function, you can specify the start and endpoints and even the step to cut.

In essence, this function’s job is to take the elements in an array of the original list and create a new list.

And we will guide you on how to use the slice() function in Python as we did below. Hope you understand.

Example

a = ("b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h")

x = slice(3)

print(a[x])

Output:

(‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’)

Definition

The slice() function prints out a slice object.

You can specify the start and endpoints and even the step to cut.

The syntax

slice(start, end, step)

Parameter Values:

start: an integer specifying the starting point. Default is 0 (Optional)

end: an integer specifying the ending point. (Required)

step: an integer specifying the step point. Default is 1 (Optional)

More examples

Example 1: slice() function has a start and endpoint

a = ("b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h")

x = slice(3,6)

print(a[x])

Output:

(‘e’, ‘f’, ‘g’)

Example 2: slice() function has a start, endpoint and step is 2

a = ("b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h")

x = slice(0,6,2)

print(a[x])

Output:

(‘b’, ‘d’, ‘f’)

Conclusion

We have shown you how to use the slice() function in Python.

Thanks for referring!

 

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