We can use Slicing in Python to get a substring from a String. The syntax of Slicing is very convenient to use.

E.g. In following example we are getting a substring out of the name John.

>>> name="John"

>>> name[1:3]

'oh'

In Slicing we can give two indices in the String to create a Substring. If we do not give first index, then it defaults to 0.

E.g.

>>> name="John"

>>> name[:2]

'Jo'

If we do not give second index, then it defaults to the size of the String.

>>> name="John"

>>> name[3:]

'n'