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#slicing
# The slice() function returns a slice object.

# A slice object is used to specify how to slice a sequence. You can specify where to start the slicing, and where to end. You can also specify the step, which allows you to e.g. slice only every other item.
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my_list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
#          0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9    #indexes
#        -10,-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1    #indexes
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#my_list[start:end] where element at end index is not included
print(my_list[0:9])

[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
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print(my_list[:])

[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
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print(my_list[2:6])

[2, 3, 4, 5]
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print(my_list[-8:-4])

[2, 3, 4, 5]
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#reversing the list
print(my_list[-1::-1])

[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
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#same as above
print(my_list[::-1])

[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
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#Excercise
sample_url = 'http://coreyms.com'
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#Reverse the URL
print(sample_url[::-1])

moc.smyeroc//:ptth
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#Get the top level domain
print(sample_url[-4:])

.com
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#Print the URL without the http://
print(sample_url[7:])

coreyms.com
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#Print the url without the http:// or the top level domain
print(sample_url[7:-4])

coreyms