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Negative Indexing is used to in Python to begin slicing from the end of the string i.e. the last. Slicing in Python gets a sub-string from a string.?

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Question added by Hamzeh Abo Zied , مبرمج , دائرة الاحصاءات العامة
Date Posted: 2023/03/07
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TAHA SHAIKH
by TAHA SHAIKH , Software Developer Intern , ARCON

Yes, you're correct! Negative indexing in Python is used to slice from the end of the string. Yet if you only write 1: which means self[1:] — this will give an error because according to Python syntax, it simply points for each index iterating through all elements starting from the second Unicode character being located in position one.

### Slicing in Python
Slicing is a subsequence subsetting method in strings. The basic syntax for slicing is as follows:

```python
string[start:stop:step]
```

- **start**: The begin index (included).
- **stop**: the ending index (not included)
- **step** (optional): The step size.

Negative Index Slicing
Negative indexing is probably the most useful way to slice from the end of the string. For example:

```python
text = "Hello, World!"

# Get the last character
last_char = text[-1] #!

# Get the substring 'World'
substring = text[-6:-1] # Output: 'World'【Extract the character from a position less than -5 to a reverse index but before 0.

# Reverse the string
reversed_string = text[::-1] # Output: '! dlroW,olleH'
```

In this example:
- `text[-6:-1]` slices the string starting from the 6th-to-last-char (which is "W") but not including the last char.
- `text[::-1]` reverses the characters and reverses it.

This makes Python string manipulation very flexible and powerful.

 

Negative indexing means to accessing elements in reversing order(end of the sequence) lik string or list

Tomasz Modrzejewski
by Tomasz Modrzejewski , Python Developer , Freelancer

Yes, you're absolutely correct.

  • Negative Indexing: In Python, negative indexing provides a way to access elements within a sequence (such as a string, list, or tuple) starting from the end. The last element has an index of -1, the second-to-last has an index of -2, and so on.

  • Slicing: Slicing allows you to extract a portion (or substring) of a sequence. It uses the colon : operator and can take up to three arguments:

    • start: The index where the slice begins (inclusive).
    • stop: The index where the slice ends (exclusive).
    • step: The number of indices to jump between elements (default is 1).
  • Negative Indexing in Slicing: When used in slicing, negative indices specify positions relative to the end of the sequence. This is especially helpful when you want to work with elements near the end without knowing the exact length of the sequence.

Example:

Python my_string = "Hello, world!" # Get the last 5 characters print(my_string[-5:]) # Output: world! # Get everything except the first 2 characters print(my_string[2:]) # Output: llo, world! # Get the characters from the 3rd to the 2nd-to-last print(my_string[2:-2]) # Output: llo, worl  

Key points to remember:

  • If start is omitted, it defaults to 0 (the beginning).
  • If stop is omitted, it defaults to the length of the sequence (the end).
  • If step is negative, the slice is taken in reverse order.

 

Rehan Khan
by Rehan Khan , assistant manager operations , LENSKART SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

Yes, absolutely. Negative indexing in Python is often used in combination with slicing to extract sub-sequences from a larger sequence.

tariq siddiqui
by tariq siddiqui , Software Engineer , NSR Information Technology

You are correct, negative indexing in Python is primarily used for slicing operations to access substrings or sublists from a sequence starting from the end.

In Python, slicing allows you to extract a portion of a string, list, or tuple by specifying the start and end indices. Negative indexing can be combined with slicing to begin the slice from the end of the sequence.

Md Lutfar Rahman
by Md Lutfar Rahman , Computer Science Educator , MIST Ltd.

Negative indexing in Python is a way to count elements from the end of a list, string, or other sequence.

  • The last element is at index -1.
  • The second-to-last element is at index -2.
  • And so on...

For example, if you have a list my_list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]:

  • my_list[-1] gives you the last element, which is 50.
  • my_list[-2] gives you the second-to-last element, which is 40.

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