Slicing Strings

Slicing

You can return a range of characters by using the slice function.

Get the characters from position 2 to position 5 (not included):

import slice from "strings"

b =  "Hello, World!"  
print(slice(b, from=2, to=5))

Note: The first character has index 0.

By leaving out the start index, the range will start at the first character:

Get the characters from the start to position 5 (not included):

import slice from "strings"

b =  "Hello, World!"  
print(slice(b, to=5))

By leaving out the end index, the range will go to the end:

Get the characters from position 2, and all the way to the end:

import slice from "strings"

b =  "Hello, World!"  
print(slice(b, from=2))

Use negative indexes to start the slice from the end of the string:

Get the characters:

From: "o" in "World!" (position -5)

To, but not included: "d" in "World!" (position -2):

import slice from "strings"

b =  "Hello, World!"  
print(slice(b, from=-5, to=-2))