[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Logically, I should be able to enter x[-2:-0] to get the last and next to > last characters. However, since Python doesn't distinguish between positive > and negative zero, this doesn't work. Instead, I have to enter x[-2:].
Hooray! Logically there is no such thing as positive or negative zero, or did I miss something in the primary? PS. x[len(x)-2 : len(x)-0] cheers, fw -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
