[Python-Dev] str.lstrip bug?

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Tue Mar 10 19:42:20 CET 2015


lou xiao writes:

 > I find a bug in str.lstrip, when i call str.lstrip, i get this result.

 > >>> a.lstrip('device_')
 > 'nfo'
 > >>>

Try

    a.lstrip('_ecived')

You'll see that you get the same result.  I suspect that you
misunderstand the meaning of the argument, which is not a sequence of
characters, but a *set* of characters.



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