Re: [Python-Dev] Proof of the pudding: str.partition()

Ron Adam wrote:

For cases where single values are desired, attribues could work.

Slicing: line = line.partition(';').head line = line.partition('#').head

But it gets awkward as soon as you want more than one.

sep, port = host.partition(':').head, host.partition(':').sep

unless you go for the piece approach host, port = host.piece(":", 1, 2) (which, of course, is short for host, port = host.piece(":").group(1, 2) ) and wait for Mr Eby to tell you that piece has nothing whatsoever to do with string splitting. </F>