Python Language List slicing (selecting parts of lists) Shifting a list using slicing

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Example

def shift_list(array, s):
    """Shifts the elements of a list to the left or right.

    Args:
        array - the list to shift
        s - the amount to shift the list ('+': right-shift, '-': left-shift)

    Returns:
        shifted_array - the shifted list
    """
    # calculate actual shift amount (e.g., 11 --> 1 if length of the array is 5)
    s %= len(array)

    # reverse the shift direction to be more intuitive
    s *= -1

    # shift array with list slicing
    shifted_array = array[s:] + array[:s]

    return shifted_array

my_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

# negative numbers
shift_list(my_array, -7)
>>> [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]

# no shift on numbers equal to the size of the array
shift_list(my_array, 5)
>>> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

# works on positive numbers
shift_list(my_array, 3)
>>> [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]


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