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On 22/10/12 09:03, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> So, as OP's a self confessed newbie asking about slicing, why provide an
> example requiring knowledge of tee, enumerate, next and izip?
>

Because not only the newbie will read the thread? I for one was 
interested to see all the different possible approaches, and their 
upsides and downsides.

Ian