[Zope] Whats the difference ( Newbie question )

[Marco Mariani]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:48:53PM +0200, Rubinstein Fredrik wrote:

> 	Hi there
> <dtml-var "_.str(startdatum[0:4])">  will give me an answer
> <dtml-var "_.str(startdatum[5:2])">  will give me nothing
> 
> What function do i use to extract a part of a string.
> Been looking around a python.org finding everything except the 
> function I want.

That's ok, 5:2 will go backwards from the fifth character to the second,
thus giving you nothing.

If you want two characters, write 5:7