num_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
print(num_list[2:5])
print(num_list[0::2])
what is the double :: in [0::2] mean?
Course: Educative: Interactive Courses for Software Developers
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Hi @Matthew_McCane,
Thank you so much for reaching out to us. The slicing syntax is something like this list_name[starting_index::interval], so num_list[0::2] means that the list will start from the 0th index, and it will jump two indices and the output will be something like [1,3,5,7] and if we use num_list[1::3] we will get [2,5,8].
I hope I have answered your question but if there’s any question please feel free to let me know. Thanks.
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Greatly appreciate you taking your time to help me better understand that! EXCELLENT! I see now! Thank you Aswad.
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