[Tutor] strip and split?

[Wolfgang Maier]

richard kappler <richkappler <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> I'm using psutil to generate some somatic data with the following script:
> 
> import psutil as ps
> 
> cpu = ps.cpu_percent()
> mem = ps.virtual_memory()
> disk = ps.disk_usage('/')
> 
> All works well, but except for cpu I am struggling to learn how to strip
out what I don't need.
> 
> For example, once I do the above, if I then enter "disk" I get:
> 
> disk usage(total=302264549376, used=73844322304, free=213066088448,
percent=24.4)
> 
> So if I want only the number following percent, I get that I need to
convert this to a built in type and do some split and strip, but that's
where I'm floundering. Might I get a little guidance on this please?
>

I don't think you have to do any such thing. AFAICT, your code sets disk to
a usage object that has all the information stored in its attributes. Try, e.g.,

disk.percent

and it should give you what you want.

Best,
Wolfgang