<filename>examples/ch05/snippets_py/05_05.py<gh_stars>1-10
# Section 5.5 snippets

# Specifying a Slice with Starting and Ending Indices
numbers = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19]

numbers[2:6]

# Specifying a Slice with Only an Ending Index
numbers[:6]

numbers[0:6]

# Specifying a Slice with Only a Starting Index
numbers[6:]

numbers[6:len(numbers)]

# Specifying a Slice with No Indices
numbers[:]

# Slicing with Steps
numbers[::2]

# Slicing with Negative Indices and Steps
numbers[::-1]

numbers[-1:-9:-1]

# Modifying Lists Via Slices
numbers[0:3] = ['two', 'three', 'five']

numbers

numbers[0:3] = []

numbers

numbers = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19]

numbers[::2] = [100, 100, 100, 100]

numbers

id(numbers)

numbers[:] = []

numbers

id(numbers)

numbers = []

numbers

id(numbers)



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