Slicing a list using a variable in Python

Question

I want to slice the following list using a variable:

a=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes its possible. Use the following piece of code:

EXAMPLE:

a=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
b=slice(a[1:5])
print(b)

OUTPUT: 

slice(None, [2, 3, 4, 5], None)