6.2

# #!/usr/bin/python
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# By dvdjaco
# Exercise 6.2
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# Given that fruit is a string, what does fruit[:] mean?
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# R: fruit[:] slices the string stored in the variable fruit starting in the beginning of the string and finishing in the end of the string, thus returning the same string.

fruit1 = 'apple'
print fruit1
print len(fruit1)

fruit2 = fruit1[:]
print fruit2
print len(fruit2)