delimiting text file??

[Gordon McMillan]

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> Aahz Maruch:
...
> > delimitedString = string[:x] + "," + string[x:]
> > 
> > That's a rather lame way to do it; as you learn more about
> > Python, you'll come across better ways.
> 
> Is it? I think I've learned more about Python than Jim has
> (already finished Learning python, and I'm waiting for
> Programming TkInter with Python now), but I don't know a better
> way than this?

For inserting a character now and then this is fine. But if 
you're doing a lot of it to one string, then string.split / 
string.join will be both more elegant and more efficient.

- Gordon