list[0:9] and list[0:10] have same values

Question

list[0:9] and list[1:10] were showing same in my python IDLE. I'm not sure the logic behind, could some one please explain. Please see the values retrieved below.

>>> list[0:9]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
>>> list[0:10]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

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Well there are only 9 elements in your list. What are you expecting to happen? — Daniel Roseman, Dec 25 '17 at 10:59
>>> list[0:5] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >>> list[0:6] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> list[0:7] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] >>> list[0:8] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] >>> list[0:9] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> list[0:10] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] — siva mallikarjun, Dec 25 '17 at 11:03
But that didn't answer my question. Your original list contains only nine elements. What do you want to happen when you ask for the tenth? — Daniel Roseman, Dec 25 '17 at 11:05
every time in result i see values up to the end element, this is not happening with list[0:10] — siva mallikarjun, Dec 25 '17 at 11:06
For the third time **you only have nine elements to start with**. Where are you expecting the tenth to come from? — Daniel Roseman, Dec 25 '17 at 11:08
I understood. Sorry, There were 9 elements in list. Daniel, thank you — siva mallikarjun, Dec 25 '17 at 11:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 25 '17 at 10:58

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In the latter the second index is over the last element.

l = [1,2,3]
l[0:100]
=> [1,2,3]

answered Dec 25 '17 at 10:58

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list[0:9] and list[0:10] have same values

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