Python Tuple - slicing method

Overview:

The slicing operation on a Python tuple creates another tuple, as specified by the two indexes within the square brackets.

The returned tuple contains the shallow copy of the elements from the original tuple.

Parameters:

Begin Index - Begin index of the tuple object
End Index - End index + 1 of the tuple object

Default values:

There are different default values assumed in the slicing operation of a tuple.

When BeginIndex is Empty: 0 is assigned as the BeginIndex

When EndIndex is Empty: len(tupleObject) is assigned as the EndIndex

When BeginIndex is Negative: The index is considered relative to the length of the tuple. The specified negative index is added to the len(tuple) to get the actual index.

Invalid Values:

If the BeginIndex is greater than EndIndex then the slicing operation results in an empty tuple.
If the index is out of bound, it results in an empty slice.

Example1: Slicing with no index speicfied

# Example Python program that returns a slice using the default
# begin index and default end index
fruitBasket = ('Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Grape', 'Raspberry')
myFruitPlate = fruitBasket[:]
print("Slicing result:")
print(myFruitPlate)

Output:

Slicing result:

('Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Grape', 'Raspberry')

Example2: With BeginIndex specified

# Slicing operation - 0 to the last index
stationery = ('Pen', 'Pencil', 'Notebook', 'Eraser', 'Color pen')
shared = stationery[0:]

# Shared is a shallow copy
print("Slice:")
print(shared)

Output:

Slice:

('Pen', 'Pencil', 'Notebook', 'Eraser', 'Color pen')

Example3: With BeginIndex and EndIndex specified covering the whole tuple

# Example Python program that does slicing operation
# on a tuple by specifying the beginning index as 0 and
# the end index as the total number of elements
playThings = ("Slide", "Swing", "Seesaw", "Merry-go-round", "Jungle Gym", "Spring Rider")
allPlayThings = playThings[0:len(playThings)]
print("Slicing from 0 to %d:"%len(playThings))
print(allPlayThings)

Output:

Slicing from 0 to 6:

('Slide', 'Swing', 'Seesaw', 'Merry-go-round', 'Jungle Gym', 'Spring Rider')

Example4: With BeginIndex and EndIndex Specified covering a portion of the tuple

# Example Python program that creates
# a slice of a Python tuple with
# both the beginning and end indexes falling in the middle
# (not the boundary indexes)
timesOfDay = ("Dawn", "Sunrise", "Morning", "Midday",
"Afternoon", "Evening", "Sunset", "Dusk", "Night", "Midnight")
dayTimes = timesOfDay[1:6]
print("Resultant slice of the tuple:")
print(dayTimes)

Output:

Resultant slice of the tuple:

('Sunrise', 'Morning', 'Midday', 'Afternoon', 'Evening')

Example 5: Slicing by specifying a Negative Index

# Slicing operations with negative indexes
strings = ("Violin", "Viola", "Cello", "Tendor viol", "Double bass")
favs = strings[2:-1]
print("Favourite string instruments:")
print(favs)

Output:

Favourite string instruments:

('Cello', 'Tendor viol')