I just observed a behavior with python lists and wanted why and how it works.
If I have a list say my_list = [5]
Why does my_list[1:] give me [] as the output but my_list[1] give me an IndexError
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Patrick Haugh
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my_list[1] is to access 1st element and my_list[1:] is to position 1 to the end. Out of range slice indexes are handled gracefully in the list slicing. Please read slicing examples in https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html – Dev Anand Feb 03 '18 at 18:02
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`my_list[1]` is actually for the second element, not first. Lists are 0-based. – Renato Byrro Feb 03 '18 at 18:04
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yes, I consider my_list[0] as to access zeroth element. :) – Dev Anand Feb 03 '18 at 18:13