#!/usr/bin/env python

# import modules used here -- sys is a very standard one
import sys

# Gather our code in a main() function
def main():
    print 'Hello there', sys.argv[1]
    # Command line args are in sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2] ...
    # sys.argv[0] is the script name itself and can be ignored

    #slice syntax try
    print sys.argv[1][:2]

# Standard boilerplate to call the main() function to begin
# the program.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()