Better explanation of list slices

Step size and list slice syntax was not quite clear. 

Upon seeing li[::-1] as it was previously, I was not sure what this really meant so I looked it up and found that this section of the guide may benefit from more explanation.
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Mark Whiting 2014-02-17 21:07:29 -05:00
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@ -160,8 +160,12 @@ li[1:3] #=> [2, 4]
li[2:] #=> [4, 3]
# Omit the end
li[:3] #=> [1, 2, 4]
# Select every second entry
li[::2] #=>[1,4]
# Revert the list
li[::-1] #=> [3, 4, 2, 1]
# Use any combination of these to make advanced slices
# li[start:end:step]
# Remove arbitrary elements from a list with "del"
del li[2] # li is now [1, 2, 3]