Explain indexing and slicing operation in sequences
- Different types of sequences in python are strings, Unicode strings, lists, tuples, buffers, and xrange objects
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Slicing & indexing operations are salient features of sequence.
- Indexing operation allows to access a particular item in the sequence directly ( similar to the array/list indexing) and the slicing operation allows to retrieve a part of the sequence.
- The slicing operation is used by specifying the name of the sequence followed by an optional pair of numbers separated by a colon within square brackets say
S[startno.:stopno].- The startno in the slicing operation indicates the position from where the slice starts and the stopno indicates where the slice will stop at.
- If the startno is ommited, Python will start at the beginning of the sequence. If the stopno is ommited, Python will stop at the end of the sequence..
- Following code will further explain
indexing & slicing operation:>>> cosmeticList =[‘lipsstick’,’facepowder’,eyeliner’,’blusher’,kajal’]
>>> print “Slicing operation :”,cosmeticList[2:]
Slicing operation :[‘eyeliner’,’blusher’,kajal’]
>>>print “Indexing operation :”,cosmeticList[0]
“Indexing operation :lipsstick
