string character count

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/30/2009 1:43 PM nn said...
> On Jun 30, 1:56 pm, MRAB <pyt... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
<snip>

>>  >>> len("text12345.txt".split(".", 1)[0])
>> 9
>>  >>> len("textstringwithoutdot".split(".", 1)[0])
>> 20
> 
> Also:
> 
> 
 >>> len("text.12345.txt".partition('.')[0])
4
 >>> len("text.12345.txt".rpartition('.')[0])
10
 >>>

unless you've got file names like text.12345.txt, where you might prefer 
rpartition.

 >>> len("text.12345.txt".partition('.')[0])
4
 >>> len("text.12345.txt".rpartition('.')[0])
10
 >>>

Emile