On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:20 AM, <idkfaidkfaid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > i'm programming in python for the first time (usually i use C as programming > language). I don't understand these results: > >>>> a=[1,2,3,4,5] >>>> a[:-1] > [1, 2, 3, 4] >>>> a[::-1] > [5, 4, 3, 2, 1] >>>> a[2::-1] > [3, 2, 1] > > what does a[2::-1] means?
That's taking a slice. This page has something to say on the subject: http://docs.python.org/3.3/tutorial/introduction.html By the way, regarding your email address: there are no cheat codes in Python... either that, or Python *is* a cheat code. :) ChrisA [[ VERY HAPPY CODING ADDED ]] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
