2005-11-28
Why Python, why ?
Why, oh why does Python make me use something like
Wouldn't it be more logical to start indexes with 1 and the end limit be inclusive so I could simply use something like str[5:7] so one could read it like "str's 5th to 7th chars" ?
Another kinda stupid thing is the integer output of 2 /3 having to resort to one non-integer to output a decimal output, like 2.0 / 3 or 2 / 3.0
...to be continued... ¶ 17:37
str="123456789"; ini=5; end=7; str[ini-1:end]when I want the substring from the 5th to the 7th chars ? :(
Wouldn't it be more logical to start indexes with 1 and the end limit be inclusive so I could simply use something like str[5:7] so one could read it like "str's 5th to 7th chars" ?
*sigh*
Another kinda stupid thing is the integer output of 2 /3 having to resort to one non-integer to output a decimal output, like 2.0 / 3 or 2 / 3.0
*double-sigh*
...to be continued... ¶ 17:37
