Ultimate Guide: Slicing Text Online
Data extraction shouldn't require writing complex scripts. Our Text Slicer brings Python-style list slicing logic to the web, allowing you to extract specific characters, words, or lines from your data instantly.
For Developers
Extract columns from fixed-width data files, parse logs by keeping only specific segments of each line, or reverse string order for testing.
For Data Analysts
Quickly grab the nth word from a sentence, sample every 10th line of a dataset, or clean up CSVs by removing the first few characters of every row.
Understanding Slice Logic
We use 1-based indexing for ease of use, but support negative indexing:
- Start: 1 means the beginning.
- End: -1 means the last item.
- Step: 2 grabs every second item.
- Step: -1 reverses the order.