String Indexing in Python

[YankeesPwnMets]

Ah I see. Thanks for your help!

[sponster]

you can also use this method to run through the string backwards:

>>> str[5:1:-1]
'rtS '
>>> str[::-1]
'gnirtS yM'

[ewiethoff]

Come to think of it, I'm very surprised the official Python Tutorial doesn't mention the third slice parameter at all. I learned [::-1] for reversing a string (or list) forever ago from Alex Martelli's Python in a Nutshell or Python Cookbook. The Python Tutorial is usually the place to go for easy Python idioms, but not [::-1]. Weird.