Python Tip of the Day: Advanced List Slicing with Steps

Advanced List Slicing with Steps

Author: Jeremy Morgan
Published: November 30, 2024

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You can slice lists with steps to skip elements—super useful!

# Slicing with steps
numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
print(numbers[::2])  # Output: [0, 2, 4, 6]
print(numbers[::-1]) # Output: [6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

“Python Tip of the Day: Advanced List Slicing with Steps”

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