python slice an array
a[start:stop] # items start through stop-1 a[start:] # items start through the rest of the array a[:stop] # items from the beginning through stop-1 a[:] # a copy of the whole array Example: >>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] >>> a[1:4] [2, 3, 4]