Name
slice
Synopsis
slice([start
,]stop
[,step
])
Creates and returns a slice object with read-only attributes
start
, stop
, and
step
bound to the respective argument values, each
defaulting to None
when missing. Such a slice is
meant to signify the same set of indices as
range(
start
,stop
,step
).
Slicing syntax
obj
[
start
:stop
:step
]
passes such a slice object as the argument to the __getitem__
, __setitem__
, or
__delitem__
method of object
obj
, as appropriate. It is up to
obj
to interpret the slice objects that
its methods receive. See also Section 5.3.2.4.
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