Sean DiZazzo wrote:
On Aug 27, 8:49 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For
example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be
matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found
somewhere in bingo, as might be the case for "*v*.dat".
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            Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

              (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
               Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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Check:

http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-re.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-glob.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-fnmatch.html

~Sean
I'll take a look.

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           Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

             (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
              Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

                    Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
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