On 2021-11-26 11:17 AM, Frank Millman wrote:Are there any other techniques anyone can suggest, or is the only alternative to use if...then...else to cater for y = 0?
x[:-y or None] Seems to work: >>> l ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] >>> def f(x): return l[:-x or None] ... >>> f(3) ['a', 'b'] >>> f(2) ['a', 'b', 'c'] >>> f(1) ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] >>> f(0) ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
