Error in array concept

[zip]

BPO	1201

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[zip]

http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html

The best way to remember how slices work is to think of the indices as
pointing between characters, with the left edge of the first character
numbered 0. Then the right edge of the last character of a string of n
characters has index n, for example:

--

This is not possible because counting starts from 0 so the last charater
must be n-1.

[alanmcintyre]

The last character is n-1, but the section you quote says the *right
edge* of the last character (not the last character itself) has index n;
this seems correct in the context of the mnemonic scheme.