Re: Slices by length

On 08/10/2025 03:21, Richard Damon wrote:
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Oct 7, 2025, at 9:59 PM, Rob Cliffe via Python-list <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> In fairness, it is already possible to write
>>       s[x:][:n]
>> which gives the "right" answer if n is non-negative, and is quite readable,
>> although this is slower than s[x:x+2], at least in tests that I did (and, I would hazard a guess, always).
>> Best wishes
>> Rob Cliffe
>>
> Which brings to mind a possible alternate syntax: s[x::n]
> Won’t say I think it is good enough to say that is how it should be, just throwing a new hat in the ring.
That syntax already exists.
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