18: Get Sub List By Slicing a Python List - 1000+ Python Programs

In order to get a sublist by slicing of a Python List, you can use the slice notation which is a colon (:). It is used to separate the start and end indices of the sublist you want to extract.

Slicing Syntax:

list[start:end:step]

start	It is the index of the first element that you want to include in the sublist.
end	It is a parameter that is used to specify the step size between each element (optional).
step	It is the index of the first element that you want to exclude from the sublist.

Finding the even numbers using slicing

python_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

even_sublist = python_list[1::2] # step = 2

print(even_sublist)

Some more examples with List Slicing

Let us consider the same list of numbers from 1 to 10 and answer the below questions.

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

1. Get a sublist from index 2 to index 6.

   print(my_list[2:6])

   [3,4,5,6]

2. Get a sublist from index 2 to index 6 with a step of 2.

   print(python_list[2:6:2])

   [3, 5]

3. Get a sublist from index 6 to the end of the list

   print(python_list[6:])

   [6,7,8,9,10]

4. Get a copy of the original list

   print(python_list[:])

   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]