BEGINNER: converting integer to short month name?

[Mike C. Fletcher]

MCollins at co.seminole.fl.us wrote:

>hi,
>  
>
...

>that works fine for the numerical month names.  now i'm trying to convert
>the numerical month into it's short month name equivalent to grab those
>files.
>
>i could always use a long if , elif, elif to do the job, but i was
>wondering if there was built-in function already capable of that.  i was
>just looking for something a little more elegant.
>
>any suggestions?
>

    [ 'Dec','Jan','Feb','Mar', ... ] [ the_month ]

or

    import calendar
    calendar.month_abbr[ the_month ]

HTH,
Mike

 
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  Mike C. Fletcher
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