Ron Adam wrote: > For cases where single values are desired, attribues could work. > > Slicing: > line = line.partition(';').head > line = line.partition('#').head > > But it gets awkward as soon as you want more than one. > > sep, port = host.partition(':').head, host.partition(':').sep
unless you go for the piece approach host, port = host.piece(":", 1, 2) (which, of course, is short for host, port = host.piece(":").group(1, 2) ) and wait for Mr Eby to tell you that piece has nothing whatsoever to do with string splitting. </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com