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## Array Slicing and Splicing with Ranges
Ranges can also be used to extract slices of arrays. With two dots (`3..6`), the range is inclusive (`3, 4, 5, 6`); with three dots (`3...6`), the range excludes the end (`3, 4, 5`). Slices indices have useful defaults. An omitted first index defaults to zero and an omitted second index defaults to the size of the array.
```
codeFor('slices', 'middle')
```
The same syntax can be used with assignment to replace a segment of an array with new values, splicing it.
```
codeFor('splices', 'numbers')
```
Note that JavaScript strings are immutable, and cant be spliced.