question about extracting value from a string

[Alex Martelli]

<nephish at xit.net> wrote:
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> thanks for the help gents, i am going to just go with string functions,
> seems like it will be easier both to code now. and later if and when
> the format of this stuff may change.

I agree -- "to each day are sufficient the evils thereof".  Many
programmers fall into the temptation to overgeneralize and fail to
follow the AGNI principle ("Ain't Gonna Need It"...;-).


Alex