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		IncRnd on Jan 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing Python's -1 is the 0-based index of the last element.

robertlagrant on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

Surely it should be -0 :-)

IncRnd on Jan 20, 2021 | | [–]

It's sort of the reverse direction 0-index :).

throw386452 on Jan 20, 2021 | | [–]

~0 is the new -1 :)

IncRnd on Jan 20, 2021 | | [–]

That's true. :)

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