From 8170200ce2b437fab4e05d908cb30ea63cb557c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 23:31:31 +0000
Subject: SF patch #797180: Bug 792656: slicing explained

---
 Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index 6b6ccbe0..49f2dae 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -530,8 +530,9 @@ In Python 2.3 and beyond, \var{x} may be a string of any length.
   \code{\var{x} = \var{i} + \var{n}*\var{k}} such that \code{0}
   \code{<=} \var{n} \code{<} \code{abs(i-j)}.  If \var{i} or \var{j}
   is greater than \code{len(\var{s})}, use \code{len(\var{s})}.  If
-  \var{i} or \var{j} are ommitted then they become ``end'' values
-  (which end depends on the sign of \var{k}).
+  \var{i} or \var{j} are omitted then they become ``end'' values
+  (which end depends on the sign of \var{k}).  Note, \var{k} cannot
+  be zero.
 
 \end{description}
 
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