[Numpy-discussion] String manipulation

[Francesc Alted]

A Thursday 23 April 2009, Nils Wagner escrigué:
> Hi all,
>
> How can I obtain the position of the minus sign within the
> following string ?
>
> >>> liste[1]
>
> '1.5-te'

That's easy by using basic weaponery in Python:

In [8]: liste[1].find('-')
Out[8]: 3

In [9]: liste[1][3]
Out[9]: '-'


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