str.slice python

# importing pandas module  
import pandas as pd  
    
# making data frame  
data = pd.read_csv("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/nba.csv")  
    
# removing null values to avoid errors  
data.dropna(inplace = True)  
  
# start stop and step variables 
start, stop, step = 0, -2, 2
  
# slicing till 2nd last element 
data["Name"]= data["Name"].str.slice(start, stop, step) 
  
# display 
data.head(10)