>>I'm reading the docs and at 5.2 the del >>statement is discussed. At first, i thought >>i've found a typo but as i tried that >>myself, it turns it actually does work so. >> >> a = ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"] >> del a[2:2] >> a >> >>Now, i expected the result to be that the >>"beta" element has been removed. Obviously, >>Python thinks otherwise. Why?! >> >>Elaboration: >>I wonder why such an unintuitive effect has >>been implemented. I'm sure it's for a very >>good reason not clear to me due to my >>ignorance. Alternatively - my expectations >>are not so intuitive as i think. :) > > I think it should say > del a[1:2] > then it works
While i'm thankful for the advice, i need to point out that the question wasn't "how to" but "why". Anyhow, it's been explained as a matter of definition of a "slice". -- Regards Konrad Viltersten -------------------------------- sleep - a substitute for coffee for the poor ambition - lack of sense to be lazy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
