Lie Ryan wrote:
On 12/22/2009 11:25 PM, Steve Holden wrote:
>
> If you want to extract an index number from the first part of of a
given
> line use split( split_character, maximum_splits_to_do ) and then
angle
> brackets to reference the first part (index 0)...
>
>
>>>> a = "20 GOTO 10"
>>>> int( a.split(' ',1)[0] )
> 20
>
<nit>
those are brackets, not angle brackets
</nit>
<double_nit>
those [] are square brackets, not angle brackets
</double_nit>
<triple_nit>
[] are brackets, () are parentheses, {} are braces
</triple_nit>
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