[Tutor] after string.split()

[Rob Andrews]

Thanks! I've been hacking something together, but it's definitely a hack and
has *undocumented features* to prove it. And yours has brevity and elegance
in comparison with mine, as well.

Would you object if I posted your code along with mine on Useless Python to
show the difference between a program and a hack?

Rob

Well, since no-one seems to have replied, here is my attempt:

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#!/usr/bin/env python

import fileinput
import string
import sys

def process(line):
	line=string.join(string.split(line,",")[1:],",")
	sys.stdout.write(line)

for line in fileinput.input(sys.argv[1:], inplace=1, backup='.old'):
	process(line)

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You can then use this as follows:

	$./remove_first_field.py file1 file2

And this should leave you with a backup of the original file (.old).

Hope that helps,

Kindest regards,

	--ibs.

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