KwickClips Python · 42 sec · free
Why does nums[1:3] give only two items?
Short answer. The slice stops before index 3.
What is nums[-1]?
The last item of the list.
Remember
| Create with [ ] |
| -1 is the last item |
| Slice stop is not included |
Slice one to three, get two items. Why? Minus one is the last item, forty. A slice stops before the stop index. So one to three gives twenty and thirty. Square brackets create a list. Minus one is the last item. Stop is not included.
This clip is from the full lesson: Lists: Creating, Indexing, Slicing and List Operations — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Information Technology (402), CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence (417), CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence (417), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083)
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