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Asked: June 1, 20262026-06-01T19:39:10+00:00 2026-06-01T19:39:10+00:00

I want to find a palindrome in a string. mystring = 1234321 Why does

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I want to find a palindrome in a string.

mystring = "1234321"

Why does

mystring[3:7:-1] 

not work, but

second = mystring[3:7]
reversed = second[::-1]

this work?

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    2026-06-01T19:39:11+00:00Added an answer on June 1, 2026 at 7:39 pm

    Because you have to tell python to “start” with the end index and “end” with the start index:

    >>> "0123456789"[7:3:-1]
    '7654'
    
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