slice

cudf._lib.pylibcudf.strings.slice.slice_strings(signatures, args, kwargs, defaults, _fused_sigindex={})

Perform a slice operation on a strings column.

start and stop may be a Column or a Scalar. But step must be a Scalar.

For details, see cudf::strings::slice_strings().

Parameters:

inputColumn

Strings column for this operation

startUnion[Column, Scalar]

The start character position or positions.

stopUnion[Column, Scalar]

The end character position or positions

stepScalar

Distance between input characters retrieved

Returns:

pylibcudf.Column

The result of the slice operation