On 28 November 2011 20:45, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote: > plsullivan1 at gmail.com wrote: >> >> s = GIS.GIS.Cadastral\GIS.GIS.Citylimit >> NeededValue = Citylimit > > NeededValue = s.rsplit('.', 1)[1] Also: >>> s[s.rfind(".") + 1:] 'Citylimit' >>> s.rpartition(".")[2] 'Citylimit' -- Arnaud