yotam@durini:l3:200> python Python 2.4.2 (#2, Sep 30 2005, 21:19:01) [GCC 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu8)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> school = "Keshet" >>> start = school[:2] >>> middle = school[2:5] >>> last = school[-1] >>> say = middle + start + last + " " + school