[Tutor] how to split/partition a string on keywords?

Mark Lawrence breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Aug 24 00:27:47 CEST 2012


On 23/08/2012 23:08, akleider at sonic.net wrote:
> This question seemed a good excercise so I banged out a little script
> (which worked) but latter I saw posts showing code that by using string
> method 'partition' provided a more elegant solution.
> I was previously unaware of this method.  My "bible" has been David M.
> Beazley's Python Essential Reference (3rdEd) in which this method is not
> mentioned (that I can see.)
> Should I switch "bibles?"
> (I often find myself wanting to hack in "off line environments" so
> something as old fashion as a book would be nice:-)
>

Get another bible sure, but keep the Beazley book as he knows what he's 
on about.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.



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