> without_prefix > without_suffix > > They're a little longer, but IMO "without" helps > reenforce the immutability of the underlying string. None > of these functions actually remove part of the original > string, but rather they return a new string that's the > original string without some piece of it.
Which is the case for EVERY string method— we do need to get all wordy for just these two. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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