first and last index as in matlab

[Evan]

In matlab I can do the following:

>> ind = [3,5,7,2,4,7,8,24]
ind = 3     5     7     2     4     7     8    24
>> ind(1)      ans =     3
>> ind(end)     ans =    24
>> ind([1 end])      ans =      3    24

but I can't get the last line in python:

In [690]: ind = [3,5,7,2,4,7,8,24]
In [691]: ind[0]    Out[691]: 3
In [692]: ind[-1:]  Out[692]: [24]
In [693]:  ??

How do I pull out multiple indices as in matlab?


Thanks, Evan