start : int, optional Start position for slice operation. stop : int, optional Stop position for slice operation. step : int, optional Step size for slice operation. Returns ------- Series or Index of object Series or Index from sliced substring from original string object. See Also -------- Series.str.slice_replace : Replace a slice with a string. Series.str.get : Return element at position. Equivalent to `Series.str.slice(start=i, stop=i+1)` with `i` being the position. Examples -------- >>> s = pd.Series(["koala", "dog", "chameleon"]) >>> s 0 koala 1 dog 2 chameleon dtype: object >>> s.str.slice(start=1) 0 oala 1 og 2 hameleon dtype: object >>> s.str.slice(start=-1) 0 a 1 g 2 n dtype: object >>> s.str.slice(stop=2) 0 ko 1 do 2 ch dtype: object >>> s.str.slice(step=2) 0 kaa 1 dg 2 caeen dtype: object >>> s.str.slice(start=0, stop=5, step=3) 0 kl 1 d 2 cm dtype: object Equivalent behaviour to: >>> s.str[0:5:3] 0 kl 1 d 2 cm dtype: object )