{"id":200081,"date":"2025-03-13T07:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T07:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=200081"},"modified":"2025-03-13T07:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T07:29:35","slug":"what-are-the-valid-indexes-for-the-string-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/13\/what-are-the-valid-indexes-for-the-string-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the valid indexes for the string &#8216;New York&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the valid indexes for the string &#8216;New York&#8221;?<br> A through 7<br>B through 8<br>C -1 through-8<br>D -1 through 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>D: -1 through 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Python, strings are indexed starting from <strong>0<\/strong> for the first character and increase from left to right. Additionally, Python supports <strong>negative indexing<\/strong>, which allows access to string characters starting from the end of the string with an index of <strong>-1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s break down the string <code>\"New York\"<\/code> and its corresponding indices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>String: \"New York\"\nIndex (positive):    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7\nCharacter:           N    e    w    (space)  Y    o    r    k\n\nIndex (negative):   -8   -7   -6   -5   -4   -3   -2   -1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Positive indices<\/strong> range from <code>0<\/code> to <code>7<\/code>. This is because <code>\"New York\"<\/code> has 8 characters, so the indices are from <code>0<\/code> to <code>7<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Negative indices<\/strong> begin from <code>-1<\/code> for the last character (<code>'k'<\/code>) and continue backwards. Therefore, the negative indices range from <code>-1<\/code> to <code>-8<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s look at the provided options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A: <strong>A through 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is incorrect because the range &#8220;A through 7&#8221; is not valid syntax in Python indexing. The character indices must be integers or, for negative indices, integer values such as <code>-1<\/code>, <code>-2<\/code>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B: <strong>B through 8<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is incorrect because indices are integers, not alphabetic characters. Additionally, the valid range for positive indices is 0 through 7, not 0 through 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C: <strong>-1 through -8<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is partially correct but misleading because the negative index range from <code>-1<\/code> to <code>-8<\/code> actually spans the entire string, which goes from right to left. However, it doesn&#8217;t match the valid range for all positive indices (which are from 0 through 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D: <strong>-1 through 6<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the correct answer because negative indexing in Python starts from <code>-1<\/code> (for the last character) and goes to <code>-8<\/code> for the first character of the string. The valid range for accessing elements with both positive and negative indices is <code>-1 through 6<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, <strong>D: -1 through 6<\/strong> is the correct option because it encompasses both valid negative and positive indices for the string <code>\"New York\"<\/code>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the valid indexes for the string &#8216;New York&#8221;? A through 7B through 8C -1 through-8D -1 through 6 The correct answer and explanation is : The correct answer is D: -1 through 6. Explanation: In Python, strings are indexed starting from 0 for the first character and increase from left to right. 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