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The nth character is the character at index n+1 #167

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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions _sources/Sequences/TheSliceOperator.rst
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print(singers[17:21])


The ``slice`` operator ``[n:m]`` returns the part of the string from the n'th character
to the m'th character, *including the first* but *excluding the last*.
In other words, start with the character at index n and
go up to but *do not include* the character at index m.
The ``slice`` operator ``[n:m]`` returns the part of the string starting
with the character at index n and
go up to but *not including* the character at index m.
Or with normal counting from 1, this is the (n+1)st character up to and including the mth character.

If you omit the first index (before the colon), the slice starts at the
beginning of the string. If you omit the second index, the slice goes to the
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