On Mar 21, 2007, at 2:42 PM, PKKR wrote: > I need a fast and efficient way to parse a combination string(digits + > chars) > > ex: s = "12ABA" or "1ACD" or "123CSD" etc > > I want to parse the the above string such that i can grab only the > first digits and ignore the rest of the chacters,
A regex leaps to mind.....have you investigated the "re" module? >>> import re >>> re.match(r'(\d+)', '123abc').group(1) '123' steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
