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Slicing Strings

Learn all about Slicing Strings in this comprehensive tutorial.

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Slicing

You can return a range of characters by using the slice syntax.

Specify the start index and the end index, separated by a colon, to return a part of the string.

python

b = "Hello, World!"
  print(b[2:5])

Note: Note: The first character has index 0.

By leaving out the start index, the range will start at the first character:

python

b = "Hello, World!"
  print(b[:5])

By leaving out the end index, the range will go to the end:

python

b = "Hello, World!"
  print(b[2:])

python

b = "Hello, World!"
  print(b[-5:-2])

2 questions

Which of the following is true about Slicing Strings?

It is strictly typedIt is evaluated at runtimeIt requires explicit memory managementIt is deprecated

What is the most common pitfall when working with Slicing Strings?

SyntaxErrorIndentationErrorNameErrorTypeError

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