Slice a Tuple
To slice a Tuple in Python, use slice() builtin function. We can just provide stop position for slicing a tuple; or provide both start and stop positions to slice() function.
slice() function returns indices. We use these indices along with the original tuple, to create the resulting sliced tuple.
Python slice() builtin function
Examples
1. Slice a Tuple with Stop Position
In the following program, we take a tuple x with integer values, and slice this tuple until stop=4.
Python Program
aTuple = (2, 5, 8, 1, 9, 3, 7, 4)
stop = 4
indices = slice(stop)
result = aTuple[indices]
print('Sliced Tuple :', result) Try Online Output
Sliced Tuple : (2, 5, 8, 1)
2. Slice a Tuple with Start and Stop
We can specify both start and stop positions to slice() function, to slice a tuple from a specific starting position until specific stop position.
Python Program
aTuple = (2, 5, 8, 1, 9, 3, 7, 4)
start = 2
stop = 5
indices = slice(start, stop)
result = aTuple[indices]
print('Sliced Tuple :', result) Try Online Output
Sliced Tuple : (8, 1, 9)
3. Slice a Tuple with Steps
Along with start and stop positions, we could also specify step value to slice() function. Indices from given start are taken in steps until specified stop.
Python Program
aTuple = (2, 5, 8, 1, 9, 3, 7, 4, 2, 4, 3)
start = 2
stop = 8
step = 3
indices = slice(start, stop, step)
result = aTuple[indices]
print('Sliced Tuple :', result) Try Online Output
Sliced Tuple : (8, 3)
Conclusion
In this Python Tutorial, we learned how to slice a Tuple in Python using slice() function.