A little disappointed so far

[Duncan Booth]

Tom Bryan <tbryan at python.net> wrote in 
news:FPoya.61371$fr6.3606207 at twister.southeast.rr.com:

> # does the string end in a slash
> if ($myString =~ /\/$/) 
> 
> Where in Python, that would be
> if myString[-1] == '/':
> 
You probably ought to use a slice here otherwise it breaks if you have an 
empty string:

    if myString[-1:] == '/':

Or, for even more clarity use:

    if myString.endswith('/'):

-- 
Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
int month(char *p){return(124864/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12)["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\xa\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?