To answer your question let me explain what is slicing first,
A slice object is returned by the slice() function. A slice object specifies how a sequence should be sliced. You can specify where the slicing should begin and terminate. You can also specify which step to take.
slicing returns a list, slice assignment requires a list (or other iterable)
Slicing includes
start: the beginning index of the slice, it will include the element at this index unless it is the same as stop, defaults to 0, i.e. the first index. If it's negative, it means to start n items from the end.
stop: the ending index of the slice, it does not include the element at this index, defaults to length of the sequence being sliced, that is, up to and including the end.
step: the amount by which the index increases, defaults to 1. If it's negative, you're slicing over the iterable in reverse
For Example:
object[start:stop:step]
The colon, :, is what tells Python you're giving it a slice and not a regular index
Which implies:
object[slice(start, stop, step)]
In Slice object many arguments can be passed and depending upon the argument the slice object will behave differently. slice(start, stop[, step]) and slice(stop) works well. If you don’t want to specify any argument then use None,
For Example
A[start : ] is same as A[slice(start, None)] or
a[::-1] is same as a[slice(None, None, -1)]
Slicing enables to access parts of any specified sequences like list, tuple, range or string and others.
Hope this answers your question.
