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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ The most robust and consistent way of slicing ranges along arbitrary axes is
described in the :ref:`Selection by Position <indexing.integer>` section
detailing the ``.iloc`` method. For now, we explain the semantics of slicing using the ``[]`` operator.

.. note::

When the :class:`Series` has float indices, slicing will select by position.

With Series, the syntax works exactly as with an ndarray, returning a slice of
the values and the corresponding labels:

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