What is the meaning of "[:-2]" in "header_text = f.read(header_text_size)[:-2].decode('utf-16').encode('utf-8') "
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Understanding slice notation
97732
How can I decode UTF-16 data in Perl when I don't know the byte order?
138427
What decodes my encoded hash symbol(%23)?
9176
What do ellipsis [...] mean in a list?
146668
What does square bracket [] mean in the below code?
9476
What does the second column in the output of 'ls -n' mean?
21903
What is the difference between [0-9]+ and [0-9]++?
89710
The meaning of Bit-wise NOT in Python
1595
What does "--" (double-dash) mean?
25358
What is the differences between &> and 2>&1
103488
What is the difference between list and list[:] in python?
22334
What is Ruby's double-colon `::`?
134050
Question about set notation: what does $]a,b[$ mean?
158219
What's the difference between `raw_input()` and `input()` in Python 3?
89546
Where is the `--` (double dash) argument documented?
103889
What does 2>&1 in this command mean?
68076
Python list slice syntax used for no obvious reason