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Correct typos in Ping's email address.

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Remove premature use of negative indexes in string operation examples;
negative indexes have not been explained at that point, and the use of
negative indexes are not necessary for the examples.
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Fred Drake 2001-03-06 07:19:34 +00:00
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@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ indexed position in the string results in an error:
Traceback (most recent call last): Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment
>>> word[:-1] = 'Splat' >>> word[:1] = 'Splat'
Traceback (most recent call last): Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: object doesn't support slice assignment TypeError: object doesn't support slice assignment
@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ efficient:
\begin{verbatim} \begin{verbatim}
>>> 'x' + word[1:] >>> 'x' + word[1:]
'xelpA' 'xelpA'
>>> 'Splat' + word[-1:] >>> 'Splat' + word[4]
'SplatA' 'SplatA'
\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ An example that uses most of the list methods:
\subsection{Using Lists as Stacks \label{lists-as-stacks}} \subsection{Using Lists as Stacks \label{lists-as-stacks}}
\sectionauthor{Ka-Ping Yee}{ping@lfs.org} \sectionauthor{Ka-Ping Yee}{ping@lfw.org}
The list methods make it very easy to use a list as a stack, where the The list methods make it very easy to use a list as a stack, where the
last element added is the first element retrieved (``last-in, last element added is the first element retrieved (``last-in,
@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ first-out''). To add an item to the top of the stack, use
\subsection{Using Lists as Queues \label{lists-as-queues}} \subsection{Using Lists as Queues \label{lists-as-queues}}
\sectionauthor{Ka-Ping Yee}{ping@lfs.org} \sectionauthor{Ka-Ping Yee}{ping@lfw.org}
You can also use a list conveniently as a queue, where the first You can also use a list conveniently as a queue, where the first
element added is the first element retrieved (``first-in, element added is the first element retrieved (``first-in,