pandas.Series.str.slice#

Series.str.slice(start=None, stop=None, step=None)[source] #

Slice substrings from each element in the Series or Index.

Parameters:

startint, optional

Start position for slice operation.

stopint, optional

Stop position for slice operation.

stepint, optional

Step size for slice operation.

Returns:

Series or Index of object

Series or Index from sliced substring from original string 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

>>> s.str.slice(start=1)
0 oala
1 og
2 hameleon
dtype: object

>>> s.str.slice(start=-1)
0 a
1 g
2 n
dtype: object

>>> s.str.slice(stop=2)
0 ko
1 do
2 ch
dtype: object

>>> s.str.slice(step=2)
0 kaa
1 dg
2 caeen
dtype: object

>>> s.str.slice(start=0, stop=5, step=3)
0 kl
1 d
2 cm
dtype: object

Equivalent behaviour to:

>>> s.str[0:5:3]
0 kl
1 d
2 cm
dtype: object