Python: Is there an equivalent of mid, right, and left from BASIC?

Question

I want to do something like this:

    >>> mystring = \"foo\"
    >>> print(mid(mystring))

Help!

Answer 1

If I remember my QBasic, right, left and mid do something like this:

>>> s = '123456789'
>>> s[-2:]
'89'
>>> s[:2]
'12'
>>> s[4:6]
'56'

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/nightcode/prglang/qbasic/function/strings/left_right.html