{"id":4698,"date":"2022-08-16T10:31:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2022-08-16T10:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:31:28","slug":"what-is-slicing-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/python\/what-is-slicing-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"What is slicing in Python ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>In python slice () function is used to get a slice of elements from the collection of elements.<\/li>\n<li>It provides two overloaded slice functions there the first takes a single argument while the second function takes three arguments and returns a slice object.<\/li>\n<li>This slice object can be used to get a subsection of the collection.<\/li>\n<li>Start parameter is used to starting index where the slicing of object starts.<\/li>\n<li>Stop parameter is used to ending index where the slicing of objects stops.<\/li>\n<li>Step parameter is an optional argument that determines the increment between each index for slicing.<\/li>\n<li>It returns a sliced object containing elements in the given range only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1012\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function.png 1012w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function-390x133.png 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-function-820x279.png 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sample-code\"><strong>Sample Code<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"code-embed-wrapper\"> <div class=\"code-embed-infos\"> <\/div> <pre class=\"language-python code-embed-pre line-numbers\"  data-start=\"1\" data-line-offset=\"0\"><code class=\"language-python code-embed-code\">#\u00a0Python\u00a0slice()\u00a0function\u00a0example\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>#\u00a0Calling\u00a0function\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>tup\u00a0=\u00a0(45,68,955,1214,41,558,636,66)\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>slic\u00a0=\u00a0slice(0,10,3)\u00a0#\u00a0returns\u00a0slice\u00a0object\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>slic2\u00a0=\u00a0slice(-1,0,-3)\u00a0#\u00a0returns\u00a0slice\u00a0object\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>#\u00a0We\u00a0can\u00a0use\u00a0this\u00a0slice\u00a0object\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0elements\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>str2\u00a0=\u00a0tup[slic]\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>str3\u00a0=\u00a0tup[slic2]\u00a0#\u00a0returns\u00a0elements\u00a0in\u00a0reverse\u00a0order\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>#\u00a0Displaying\u00a0result\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>print(str2)\u00a0\u00a0<br\/><br\/>print(str3)<br\/><br\/>\u00a0<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n<h3 id=\"output\"><strong>Output<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1445\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method.png 1445w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-1024x113.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-768x85.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-390x43.png 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-820x91.png 820w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/slicing-method-1180x131.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1445px) 100vw, 1445px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In python slice () function is used to get a slice of elements from the collection of elements. 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