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Hi, can someone please help me understand why this code doesn't work?

data = 'XBOX 360 | 150 | NEW'

product = data[data.index('1'):data.index('|')]
product
''
product = data[data.index('1'):data.index('N')]
product
'150 | '

As you can see it works when I index 'N' but not the '|'

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>>> data = 'XBOX 360 | 150 | NEW'
>>> data.index('|')
9
>>> data.index('1')
11

It's because start index (11) is greater than end index (9)

what do you want to achieve?

First of all, thank you Buran for your fast answer.

I want to slice out 150 without using the index number like this:

product = data[data.index('1'):14]
product
'150'

you can split data at ' | '

>>> data = 'XBOX 360 | 150 | NEW'
>>> data.split(' | ')[1]
'150'

there are also other options, as well as it is possible to use RegEx

That solved the problem!

Thank you very much, I appreciate the help!