Python:
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How to: (Kuinka tehdä:)

# Basic substring extraction with slice notation
text = "hello world"
substring = text[1:5]  # Extracts 'ello'
print(substring)

# Extracting from the start and to the end
start = text[:5]  # Extracts 'hello'
end = text[6:]   # Extracts 'world'
print(start, end)

# Using a step in slicing
steps = text[::2]  # Every second character: 'hlowrd'
print(steps)

Output:

ello
hello world
hlowrd

Deep Dive (Syväsukellus)

Substring extraction has been a part of programming since the early days of string manipulation. Python’s slice notation is borrowed from older languages but with a more readable syntax. Alternatives to slicing include using substr() in earlier languages or regular expressions for complex patterns. When slicing, Python creates a new string, and the original is left unchanged, promoting immutability and making code less error-prone.

See Also (Katso Myös)

For more on slicing and string manipulation in Python:

• Python’s official documentation on strings: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods
• Real Python’s guide to string slicing: https://realpython.com/python-string-slicing/

If you need to handle more complex patterns, regular expressions are powerful;

• Python’s re module documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html

For a historical perspective on string manipulation:

• A retrospective on string manipulation in programming: (No link provided, as this is a fictional reference for the purposes of this example)