Python slicing and list

Question

fruits = ['apple','pine','grape','mango','orange']
fruits[1:3] = input('Enter a fruit: ]
print(fruits)

Output:
Enter a fruit: watermelon

['apple','w','a','t','e','r','m','e','l','o','n','mango',orange']

Answer 1

you can use this to insert a fruit in your list :
fruits=fruits [0:k]+[input("enter fruit")+fruits[k:]
# k is the position where you want to add a new fruit

Answer 2

The objective was trying to add the fruit watermelon but only some of the words in watermelon i.e. index 1 and 2
This was the expectation I think would have occur.

['apple','wa', 'mango','orange']

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Answer 3

Do you want to add some letters of the new fruit and delete other existing fruits in your list (The second and the third in your example)?

if it is the case you can try:

fruits=fruits[0] + input("enter a fruit")[0:2] + fruits[3:]

that will give you the result you want in the example

Answer 4

Hope it helps:

fruits = [like the example]
fruits.insert(1, (input('Enter a fruit: ')[0:2]))
print(fruits)