yotam@durini:l7:339> python
Python 2.4.3 (#2, Apr 27 2006, 14:43:58) [GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
>>> name = Jerusalem
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'Jerusalem' is not defined >>>
>>> name = "Jerusalem"
>>> len(name)
9
>>> name[0]
'J'
>>> name[1]
'e'
>>> name[7]
'e'
>>> name[8]
'm'
>>> name[9]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
IndexError: string index out of range
>>> name[0:3]
'Jer'
>>> name[1:3]
'er'
>>> name[:5]
'Jerus'
>>> name[4:]
'salem'
>>>