Lists can be divided up into new lists, a process called slicing. Python’s slice syntax lets you specify which part of a list to carve off and how to manipulate the carved-off portion.

It’s easy to automate the creation of Word documents with Quarto, a free, open-source technical publishing system that works with R, Python, and other programming languages.

Python 3.9’s PEG-based parser removed these barriers, which long-term could lead to more elegant syntax — our first example of this change is the new parenthesized context managers.