On May 1, 10:04 am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "jmDesktop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> |
> | s = 'abcde'
> | i = -1
> | for i in range (-1, -len(s), -1):
> |print s[:i], i
> | Why doesn't the first one have the e if -1 is the end of the list?
That should be obvious.
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| This program:
|
| s = 'abcde'
| i = -1
| for i in range (-1, -len(s), -1):
|print s[:i], i
|
| gives
|
| abcd -1
| abc -2
| ab -3
| a -4
|
| Why doesn't the first one have the e if -1 is the end of the list? In
| Dive
On May 1, 10:59 am, jmDesktop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This program:
>
> s = 'abcde'
> i = -1
> for i in range (-1, -len(s), -1):
> print s[:i], i
>
> gives
>
> abcd -1
> abc -2
> ab -3
> a -4
>
> Why doesn't the first one have the e if -1 is the end of the list? In
> Dive Into Python it s
This program:
s = 'abcde'
i = -1
for i in range (-1, -len(s), -1):
print s[:i], i
gives
abcd -1
abc -2
ab -3
a -4
Why doesn't the first one have the e if -1 is the end of the list? In
Dive Into Python it said that -1 was the end of the list. Thanks.
it is from Chun's book, slightly modif
