Python Slicing List

Question

I have a 2d List

a= [['Turn', 'the', 'light', 'out', 'now'], ['Now', ',', 'I', 'll', 'take', 'you', 'by', 'the', 'hand'], ['Hand', 'you', 'anoth', 'drink'], ['Drink', 'it', 'if', 'you', 'can'], ['Can', 'you', 'spend', 'a', 'littl', 'time'], ['Time', 'is', 'slip', 'away'], ['Away', 'from', 'us', ',', 'stay'], ['Stay', 'with', 'me', 'I', 'can', 'make'], ['Make', 'you', 'glad', 'you', 'came']]

Is there an easy way to get a range of values from this list?

if I write:

print a[0][0]

I get 'Turn', but is there a way to slice multiple things out of the list and make a new list? If I have a value i=0 and n=2 I am looking to make a new list that starts at a=[i][n] and makes a new list with the list items on either side of that index.

Thanks for the help

sorry, can you make an example of the output you want? if it is simple slicing it is pretty obvious... — Giovanni Di Milia, Jul 02 '13 at 20:37
Related: [The Python Slice Notation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/509211/the-python-slice-notation) — djf, Jul 02 '13 at 20:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '13 at 20:38

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Maybe you mean

print a[0][0:2]

or

print [d[0] for d in a]

answered Jul 02 '13 at 20:38

kharandziuk

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