Aug. 30, 2005
12:27 p.m.
Michael Hudson wrote:
partition() works for me. It's not perfect, but it'll do. The idea works for me rather more; it even simplifies the
if s.startswith(prefix): t = s[len(prefix):] ...
How would you do it? Something like: head, found, tail = s.partition(prefix) if found and not head: ... I guess I agree that's an improvement - only a slight one, though. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://boredomandlaziness.blogspot.com