Thanks all!! --------------------- guthrie wrote:
> Beginner question! :-) > > x=[1,2,3,4] > for i in range(len(x)): > print x[:-i] > > >>> [] > >>> [1,2,3] > >>> [1,2] > >>> [1] > > 1) The x[:-0] result seems inconsistent to me; > I get the idea that -0=0, so it is taken as x[:0] -> [] > 2) how then should one do this basic left-recursive subsetting (easily). > > Thanks. > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
