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# Slice Variable Block

Extracts a section with a variable value.

* **Variable name**\
  The name of the variable
* **Start index**\
  The zero-based index to begin extraction. When the start index is negative, GoLess starts extracting from the end of the value.
* **End index**\
  The index of the first element that should be excluded.