Top "Slice" questions

A slice is a representation of a part of a sequence, usually defined by a reference to the underlying sequence, an index giving the starting position, a length or end position, and optionally a "stride" or "step" value.

How assignment works with Python list slice?

Python doc says that slicing a list returns a new list. Now if a "new" list is being returned I've …

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Python slice how-to, I know the Python slice but how can I use built-in slice object for it?

What's the use of built-in function slice and how can I use it? The direct way of Pythonic slicing I …

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Reverse string: string[::-1] works, but string[0::-1] and others don't

I am somewhat of a python/programming newbie, and I have just been playing around with string slicing. So the …

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How to remove all element from array except the first one in javascript

I want to remove all element from array except the element of array at 0th index ["a", "b", "c", "d", "…

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Pick a random value from a Go Slice

Situation: I've a slice of values and need to pick up a randomly chosen value from it. Then I want …

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Select rows in pandas MultiIndex DataFrame

What are the most common pandas ways to select/filter rows of a dataframe whose index is a MultiIndex? Slicing …

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Slicing a list in Python without generating a copy

I have the following problem. Given a list of integers L, I need to generate all of the sublists L[…

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PHP Function to get First 5 Values of array

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Slices of structs vs. slices of pointers to structs

I often work with slices of structs. Here's an example for such a struct: type MyStruct struct { val1, val2, val3 …

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Slicing a dictionary by keys that start with a certain string

This is pretty simple but I'd love a pretty, pythonic way of doing it. Basically, given a dictionary, return the …

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