slicing strings tutorial (simple)

[spohnz]

We were talking in the game today about slicing strings to get a return you want. So I will demonstrate what I mean here.
Lets say that you need the time for a log file and nothing more, no month, day or year. How would you do it?


>>>import time
>>>time.ctime()

'Thu Jun  8 14:20:36 2017'But all I want is the 14:20:36 part and nothing more. Well slicing is able to grab just what you want from a string. [0:1] the first digit is the starting character in the string. the second digit is the stopping character int he string.


>>> t=time.ctime()

>>> len(t)

24

>>> t[3:14]

' Jun  8 14:'

>>> t[12:16]

'4:23'

>>> t[11:19]

'14:23:12'

>>> So I did a couple of times to demonstrate how I normally zero in on my slices.
the len(t) didn't have to be in there but wanted to show how I would get the length if needed.