s = "mouse"
animal_letter = s.find('s')
print animal_letter
str = 'codegrepper'
# str[start:end:step]
#by default: start = 0, end = len(str), step = 1
print(str[:]) #codegrepper
print(str[::]) #codegrepper
print(str[5:]) #repper
print(str[:8]) #codegrep
print(str[::2]) #cdgepr
print(str[2:8]) #degrep
print(str[2:8:2]) #dge
#step < 0 : reverse
print(str[::-1]) #reppergedoc
print(str[::-3]) #rpgo
# str[start:end:-1] means start from the end, go backward and stop at start
print(str[8:3:-1]) #pperg
string = "Hello World"
string_slice = string[1:10] # "ello Worl" (index 1 up to 10)
string_last_chars = string[-5:] # "World" (5th index from last to the end)
H = string[0] # "H"
kardiz = "Python"
kardiz[0]
'P'