Testing if an index is in a slice

[ajaksu]

On Jan 1, 4:12 pm, mma... at gmx.net wrote:
> I would like to check if an index is in a slice or not without
> iterating over the slice.
>
> Something like:
>
> >>> isinslice(36, slice(None, 34, -1))
>
> True

I think it'd be feasible for slices that can be mapped to ranges[1],
but slices are more flexible than that.

What would the answer be for:

>>> isinslice(36, slice(0, -1, 1))

?

This shows the issue:
>>> sli = slice(0, -1, 1)
>>> range(4)[sli]
[0, 1, 2]
>>> range(10)[sli]
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

HTH,
Daniel

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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.python-3000.devel/8732