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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-01-27 19:09:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-01-27 19:09:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 7570669a0838e5b1ae868774f35105107fa1992b (patch) | |
| tree | a0be429c3a24df98777ba242e41e5992c46f21ef | |
| parent | 516f18993f97c58f2bb41543bc878b3d7a1338fe (diff) | |
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Add a note explaining that multiplying a sequence with a negative
number is the same as multiplying it with zero, and yields an empty
sequence.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libtypes.tex | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/libtypes.tex | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex index ed0ed9b..6cb66f9 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ equal to \var{x}, else \code{1}}{} \hline \lineiii{\var{s} + \var{t}}{the concatenation of \var{s} and \var{t}}{} \hline - \lineiii{\var{s} * \var{n}{\rm ,} \var{n} * \var{s}}{\var{n} copies of \var{s} concatenated}{} + \lineiii{\var{s} * \var{n}{\rm ,} \var{n} * \var{s}}{\var{n} copies of \var{s} concatenated}{(3)} \hline \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}]}{\var{i}'th item of \var{s}, origin 0}{(1)} \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}]}{slice of \var{s} from \var{i} to \var{j}}{(1), (2)} @@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ Notes: use \code{0}. If \var{j} is omitted, use \code{len(\var{s})}. If \var{i} is greater than or equal to \var{j}, the slice is empty. +\item[(3)] Values of \var{n} less than \code{0} are treated as + \code{0} (which yields an empty sequence of the same type as + \var{s}). + \end{description} \subsubsection{More String Operations} diff --git a/Doc/libtypes.tex b/Doc/libtypes.tex index ed0ed9b..6cb66f9 100644 --- a/Doc/libtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/libtypes.tex @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ equal to \var{x}, else \code{1}}{} \hline \lineiii{\var{s} + \var{t}}{the concatenation of \var{s} and \var{t}}{} \hline - \lineiii{\var{s} * \var{n}{\rm ,} \var{n} * \var{s}}{\var{n} copies of \var{s} concatenated}{} + \lineiii{\var{s} * \var{n}{\rm ,} \var{n} * \var{s}}{\var{n} copies of \var{s} concatenated}{(3)} \hline \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}]}{\var{i}'th item of \var{s}, origin 0}{(1)} \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}]}{slice of \var{s} from \var{i} to \var{j}}{(1), (2)} @@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ Notes: use \code{0}. If \var{j} is omitted, use \code{len(\var{s})}. If \var{i} is greater than or equal to \var{j}, the slice is empty. +\item[(3)] Values of \var{n} less than \code{0} are treated as + \code{0} (which yields an empty sequence of the same type as + \var{s}). + \end{description} \subsubsection{More String Operations} |