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Michael McGill
Michael McGill
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Posted by Michael McGill
Michael McGill
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what does inclusive, exclusive mean in range/slicing?

I've googled for days and tried to read stack overflow websites and I still can't get a proper answer for beginners on what inclusive and exclusive means and why. I already know that in range, the starting index is always 0, but that's not the same for stop.

This is because: start is inclusive (what is it including?)

stop is exclusive. (what is it excluding?)

ie in slicing a list: food[eggs, milk]

food[0, 2]

If both start and stop were inclusive, then the slice would be food[0, 1]

If both start and stop were exclusive, then the slice would be food[1, 2]

but it's not.

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

inclusive and exclusive refer to the last value: inclusive and it is included; exclusive and it is excluded. For example

1 to 10 inclusive is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

1 to 10 exclusive is 1,2,3,45,6,7,8,9