extraction with [:]

[compsystems]

Hello BP

a:=["foo","bar","baz","qux","quux","corge"]
a[:4].extend(a[4:]) [enter]
".(a[0:4],extend(a[4 .. -1]))
Error: Invalid dimension"

expected
["foo","bar","baz","qux","quux","corge"]


a[0:6:2] [enter]
["foo", "baz", "quux"] # ok

a[1:6:2] [enter]
["bar", "qux", "corge"] # ok

a[6:0:-2] [enter]
[]
expected
["corge", "qux", "bar"]

a[::-1] [enter]
["corge", "quux", "qux", "baz", "bar", "foo"] # ok

[parisse]

You can only extend a variable containing a list, not a list.
a[6:0:-2] will return a non empty list only if a has size>=7.

[compsystems]

You can only extend a variable containing a list, not a list

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I wanted a synonym for + python operator a[:4]+(a[4:]) > a[:4].extend(a[4:]), without storing subvariables.

b:=a[:4]
b.extend(a[4:]) [enter]
b:=["foo","bar","baz","qux","quux","corge"]

[compsystems]

The following case works well,
[1].extend([2]) [enter] [1,2]

so the following should work.
a:=[9,8,7]
a[:2].extend(a[2:]) [enter]
[9,8,7]