Chapter 8 - StringSlicing.py

# CHAPTER 8
# slicing = create a substring by extracting elements from another string
#           indexing or slice()
#           [start:stop:step]
#           start is inclusive, stop is exclusive

name = "Bro Code"

first_name = name[:3]           # [0:3]
last_name = name[4:]            # [4:end]
funky_name = name[::2]          # [0:end:2]
reversed_name = name[::-1]      # [0:end:-1]

print(first_name)
print(last_name)
print(funky_name)
print(reversed_name)

website1 = "http://google.com"
website2 = "http://wikipedia.com"

slice = slice(7, -4) # slices from index 7 to 4

print(website1[slice])
print(website2[slice])