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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 6/15/2024 11:30 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   > HenHanna  wrote at 03:34 this Sunday (GMT):   
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   >> Usenet (AUE) is mostly idle chat... but Talk becomes Sharp when ...   
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   >>                   we're talking about   
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   >> -- Computer Code   
   >>             -- today it was  x[1] vs. x[1:]  in Python   also Zip()   
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   > What?   
   > x[1] and x[1:] are completely different.. x[1] gets the second entry, and   
   > x[1:] returns another list of all elements starting from the second   
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   my point was... if  x=[] or [1],   
               x[1] raises and Error    and        x[1:]   does not.   
      
      
      
   yes.. THey seem diff. when you put it like that.... but   
      
      
   Consider:   
               USPres[44]    is  Trump   
               USPres[44:]   is  Trump plus all subsequent Presidents   
      
   then when the List is too short,  both should (or should not)  raise an   
   Error. (it seems)   
      
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