Arc Forum | I second this. It seems easier to ape Python's syntax for slicing. For example...

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1 point by jc 6118 days ago | link | parent

I second this. It seems easier to ape Python's syntax for slicing. For example, given s as "abcde,"

  s[1:4]
  (s 1 4)

gives "bcd,"

  s[1:-2]
  (s 1 (- 2))

gives "bc,"

  s[-4:]
  (s (- 4) nil)

gives "bcde," and

  s[:]
  (s nil nil)

gives "abcde."