modin.pandas.Series.str.slice

Series.str.slice(start=None, stop=None, step=None)[source] (https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowpark-python/blob/v1.26.0/snowpark-python/.tox/docs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/modin/pandas/series_utils.py#L338-L345)

Slice substrings from each element in the Series or Index.

Parameters:

  • start (int, optional) – Start position for slice operation.

  • stop (int, optional) – Stop position for slice operation.

  • step (int, optional) – Step size for slice operation.

Returns:

Series or Index from sliced substring from original string object.

Return type:

Series or Index of object

See also

Series.str.slice_replace

Replace a slice with a string.

Series.str.get

Return element at position. Equivalent to Series.str.slice(start=i, stop=i+1) with i being the position.

Examples

>>> s = pd.Series(["koala", "dog", "chameleon"])
>>> s
0        koala
1          dog
2    chameleon
dtype: object
Copy
>>> s.str.slice(start=1)
0        oala
1          og
2    hameleon
dtype: object
Copy
>>> s.str.slice(start=-1)
0    a
1    g
2    n
dtype: object
Copy
>>> s.str.slice(stop=2)
0    ko
1    do
2    ch
dtype: object
Copy
>>> s.str.slice(step=2)
0      kaa
1       dg
2    caeen
dtype: object
Copy
>>> s.str.slice(start=0, stop=5, step=3)
0    kl
1     d
2    cm
dtype: object
Copy
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