Computer Science Question - Python String slicing

Question

so I need the date which is this 2001-08-11 to look this 08-2001 I need to slice it and the best I have come up with slicing it like this [ :7] which gives me the date to look like this 2001-08. I only need help with the two numbers in the string slicing index which will give me the date to look like what I said earlier [ : ] only one string slicing is needed and again only need the numbers no code is needed.

Answer 1

NO !!!

YOU MUST DO TWO (2) STRING SLICES because the order of the characters

change and the String in Python is IMMUTABLE (cannot be changed)

As I have explained the second index gives you ONE LESS CHARACTER...

so if the second index is 7, for example, then you get indices 0-6.

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inputDateStr = "2001-08-11"

outbuff = inputDateStr[5:7] + "-" + inputDateStr[:4]

#first slice returns chars at index 5-6 which is 08

#2nd slice returns chars at index 0-3 which is 2001

#puts them together and output

print(outbuff)

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?