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Updated documentation for the new slice arguments for list.index().

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Walter Dörwald 2003-06-17 16:19:56 +00:00
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@ -942,8 +942,9 @@ The following operations are defined on mutable sequence types (where
{same as \code{\var{s}[len(\var{s}):len(\var{s})] = \var{x}}}{(3)}
\lineiii{\var{s}.count(\var{x})}
{return number of \var{i}'s for which \code{\var{s}[\var{i}] == \var{x}}}{}
\lineiii{\var{s}.index(\var{x})}
{return smallest \var{i} such that \code{\var{s}[\var{i}] == \var{x}}}{(4)}
\lineiii{\var{s}.index(\var{x}\optional{, \var{i}\optional{, \var{j}}})}
{return smallest \var{k} such that \code{\var{s}[\var{k}] == \var{x}} and
\code{\var{i} <= \var{k} < \var{j}}}{(4)}
\lineiii{\var{s}.insert(\var{i}, \var{x})}
{same as \code{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{i}] = [\var{x}]}}{(5)}
\lineiii{\var{s}.pop(\optional{\var{i}})}
@ -982,7 +983,11 @@ Notes:
mutable sequence types other than lists.
\item[(4)] Raises \exception{ValueError} when \var{x} is not found in
\var{s}.
\var{s}. When a negative index is passed as the second or third parameter
to the \method{index()} method, the list length is added, as for slice
indices. If it is still negative, it is truncated to zero, as for
slice indices. \versionchanged[Previously, \method{index()} didn't
have arguments for specifying start and stop positions]{2.3}
\item[(5)] When a negative index is passed as the first parameter to
the \method{insert()} method, the list length is added, as for slice