getting host and path from url

[Michael Spencer]

Steve Young wrote:
> Hi, this is probably an easy question but is there a way to get the host and path seperatly out of an url? 
>   
>   Example:
>   
>   url = http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq
>   
>   and i want some way of getting:
>   
>   host = http://news.yahoo.com
>   and
>   path = /fc/world/iraq
>   
>   thanks.
>   
>   -Steve
>    
>   
> 
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check out urlparse in the stdlib

Michael