Question about a battle question [python]

Question

Can someone break down why the answer is [] and how the print affects this? I am not certain about the answer and am looking to refresh or study whatever made me fail this question.

What will be the output of this code?
a=[1,2,3,5,8,13]
print(a[2:2])

answer is []

Answer 1

this is python list slicing

a[2:2] means starting from element location 2
ending at location 2

location No:
1 2 3 4 5
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a = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]

so you are starting at location 2 and ending at location 2 that's why answer is empty.

Note: the starting location element is not included in the answer

if you write [2:3] you will get only [ 3 ] , starting location element is exclusive

read about list slicing 👇👇👇
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-list-slicing/

Answer 2

NonStop CODING Aaaah! Silly me, I knew I was forgetting something from a previous lesson. Now I remember the course on list slicing. Darn I as so close to a 5: on my challenge today.

Mirielle Thanks for the answer. I’ve never heard list slices explained in this way, but it makes sense now.