#!/usr/bin/python

#Note: lists, tuples, and strings are all sequences in Python. Sequences allow 
#indexing and slicing operations
#When a sequence is sliced the resulting object is a brand new object

jvm_langs = ['Java', 'Jython', 'Groovy', 'JRuby', 'Scala', 'Clojure']
print 'The first JVM language was ', jvm_langs[0]

#Let's slice the list. Slicing can be done with positive and negative indexes
print 'The second and third JVM languages are ', jvm_langs[1:3]
print 'The last 2 JVM languages are ', jvm_langs[-2:]
print 'The first 2 JVM languages are ', jvm_langs[:2]

name = 'Parag Shah'
print 'The first name is ', name[0:5]